THE LUST KILLER

ZABÓJCA Z LUBIEŻNOŚCI

„The lust killer” is a film about human lust, perversion and hidden desires. It’s a film showing that the essence of being a human is crossing borders and that a quiet fascination by killers is common for many.. Two intriguing taboos – sex and death – meet in “The lust killer”. Does gloomy fascination that surrounds serial killers tell us something important about ourselves? The figure of Joachim Knychała, who murdered five women between 1975 and 1982, is used to focus our attention on those whose lives were marked by the infamous ‘vampire from Bytom’. Among them there is a former journalist, Edward Kozak, who, despite his old age, admits he has a variety of obsessions. The film about the ‘vampire’ offers him an opportunity to enter the limelight one more time.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: Poland
  • Running time: 44
  • Year: 2013

Director: Marcin Koszałka

Script: Marcin Koszałka

DOP: Marcin Koszałka

Music: Marek Śledziewski, Artur Affek

Editing: Anna Wagner

Production company: DARKLIGHTFILM STUDIO/Natalia Koszałka

About the director:

Marcin Koszałka

Marcin Koszałka






Born in 1970 in Krakow. He is a graduate of the K. Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. He works as a cameraman of fiction films and a cameraman and director of documentaries. He has been a laureate of numerous festival awards (Nyon, Berlin, Gdynia, Krakow, Wrocław).




At festivals:

53rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland, 2013 (competition)

21 st Raindance International Film Festival, UK, 2013 (screening)

25th Trieste Film Festival, Italy, 2014 (competition)

Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival, Serbia, 2014 (screening)

Doku Bazaar Ljubljana IDFF, Slovenia, 2014 (competition)