A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.
Unfortunately the movie Essential Killing is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Jerzy Skolimowski | Director |
| Writing | Jerzy Skolimowski | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ewa Piaskowska | Screenplay |
| Writing | James McManus | Screenplay |
| Production | Jerzy Skolimowski | Producer |
| Production | Ewa Piaskowska | Producer |
| Camera | Adam Sikora | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Réka Lemhényi | Editor |
| Editing | Maciej Pawliński | Editor |
| Art | Joanna Kaczyńska | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anne Hamre | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Conway | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Kupisz | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomasz Matraszek | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gabriella Németh | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janne Røhmen | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Sound | Robert Flanagan | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Fiadhnait McCann | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Garret Farrell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Paweł Mykietyn | Original Music Composer |
| Production | József Berger | Co-Producer |
| Production | Bjarne Bjørndalen | Line Producer |
| Production | Ed Guiney | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ingrid Lill Högtun | Co-Producer |
| Production | Andrew Lowe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marek Rozenbaum | Line Producer |
| Production | Jeremy Thomas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Watson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Beata Ryczkowska | Co-Producer |
| Crew | Tomasz Krzemieniecki | Stunts |
| Sound | Paweł Stankiewicz | Musician |
