Dekalog 1989
The Ten Commandments, exact and uncompromising, literally cast in stone, continues to provide a source of moral conflict in contemporary society. In the ten part collection of films, The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieślowski examines the dilemma of fundamental sin in the lives of ordinary Warsaw citizens.
Episodes
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S1·E1 Dekalog: One“I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other God but me.” Ten-year-old Pawel and his father Krzysztof run their lives on their beloved home computer, while Pawel’s…
S1·E2 Dekalog: Two“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” An elderly doctor is approached by a woman with a complicated request. Her husband is gravely ill and may…
S1·E3 Dekalog: Three“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Janusz is a taxi driver. It’s Christmas Eve, and he honours the (Polish) traditions for this (holy) day: he gives presents…
S1·E4 Dekalog: Four“Honour thy father and thy mother.” Young Anka and her father have lived together since her mother’s death, and have always been more like close friends than father and…
S1·E5 Dekalog: Five“Thou shalt not kill.” A shorter, slightly less graphic version of “A Short Film About Killing,” but the plot is essentially the same: murder followed by execution, two…
S1·E6 Dekalog: Six“Thou shalt not commit adultery.” A shorter, scaled-down version of “A Short Film About Love,” with a less complex plot and a different ending—though the basic narrative…
S1·E7 Dekalog: Seven“Thou shalt not steal.” But in this case the “theft” is of a child by her real mother, who then finds herself emotionally unable to cope with the responsibility, while…
S1·E8 Dekalog: Eight“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” A Polish-American researcher visits Warsaw and attends a lecture about ethics. Afterwards, she approaches…
S1·E9 Dekalog: Nine“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife.” Roman, after discovering his impotence, urges his wife Hanka to take a lover. She reluctantly complies, and Roman, despite…
S1·E10 Dekalog: Ten“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods.” Especially not when it leads to the conclusion of this black comedy about two brothers who inherit their father’s valuable…Cast
K
Katarzyna Piwowarczyk
Ania
A
Agnieszka Brustman
Chess Player
M
Magdalena Mikołajczak
Journalist
A
Anna Smal-Romanska
P
Piotr Wyrzykowski
A
Aleksandra Majsiuk
Ola
B
Bożena Wróbel
K
Krystyna Bigelmajer
Nurse
K
Karol Dillenius
Patient
K
Krystyna Drochocka
Aunt
B
Barbara Kolodziejska
W
Wlodzimierz Rzeczycki
M
Maria Krawczyk-Ważyk
W
Włodzimierz Musiał
Employee of the Sobering-Up Centre
E
Elżbieta Helman
Beatka
B
Borys Marynowski
Straaznik
R
Rafal Imbro
Bearded Man
Crew
- Producers
- Ryszard Chutkowski, Andrzej Buhl
- Editing
- Ewa Smal
- Composer
- Zbigniew Preisner
- Production Design
- Halina Dobrowolska
- Costume Design
- Hanna Ćwikło, Małgorzata Obłoza
Details
- First air date
- Dec 10, 1989
- Last air date
- Jul 6, 1990
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
- Episode runtime
- 55 min
- Network
- TVP1
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- Sender Freies Berlin, Telewizja Polska, Zespół Filmowy "Tor"
- Country
- Germany, Poland
- Language
- Polish
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