Dekalog / Janus Films ; TVP ; MK2 ; director, Krzysztof Kieślowski ; co-writers, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieślowski ; producer, Ryszard Chutowski.
Dekalog: One: Henryk Baranowski, Maja Komorowska, Wojciech Klata, Artur Barciś; Dekalog: Two: Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Artur Barciś, Stanisław Gawlik, Jerzy Fedorowicz, Ewa Ekwińska; Dekalog: Three: Maria Pakulnis, Daniel Olbrychski, Joanna Szczepkowska, Artur Barciś; Dekalog: Four: Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Janusz Gajos, Artur Barciś, Aleksander Bardini, Andrzej Blumenfeld, Tomasz Kozłowicz, Elżbieta Kilarska; Dekalog: Five, and, A short film about killing: Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Artur Barciś, Krystyna Janda, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Aleksander Bednarz, Maciej Maciejewski, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz; Dekalog: Six, and, A short film about love: Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwińska, Stanisław Gawlik, Artur Barciś, Piotr Machalica ; Małgorzata Rożniatowska; Dekalog: Seven: Anna Polony, Maja Barełkowska, Władyslaw Kowalski, Bogusław Linda, Katarzyna Piwowarczyk, Artur Barciś; Dekalog: Eight: Maria Kościałowska, Teresa Marczewska, Artur Barciś, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Bronisław Pawlik; Dekalog: Nine: Ewa Błaszczyk, Piotr Machalica, Jan Jankowski, Artur Barciś, Jolanta Piętek-Górecka, Katarzyna Piwowarczyk.; Dekalog: Ten: Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Henryk Bista, Maciej Stuhr, Cezary Harasimowicz, Henryk Majcherek, Jerzy Turek, Olaf Lubaszenko. Title from container; credits from container and accompanying booklet. Originally released as a television series in Poland in 1988. Special features include new and archival interviews with cast and crew, a program on the series' formal and thematic patterns by film studies professor Annette Insdorf, and Kieślowski's 1988 theatrical versions of the series' fifth and sixth episodes (171 min.) : A short film about killing, and, A short film about love.
Contents:
Disc four: Supplements. A short film about killing ; A short film about love. starring Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski ; cinematography by Jacek Bławut. Dekalog, Dwa / starring Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz ; cinematography by Edward Kłosiński -- Deklaog, Trzy / starring Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Pakulnis, Joanna Szczepkowska ; director of photography Piotr Sobociński -- Dekalog, Cztery / starring Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Janusz Gajos ; cinematography by Krzysztof Pakulski -- Dekalog, Piec / starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz ; cinematography by Sławomir Idziak. Disc two: Dekalog, Szesc / starring Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko ; cinematography by Witold Adamek -- Dekalog, Siedem / starring Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Władyslaw Kowalski, Bogusław Linda ; cinematography by Dariusz Kuc -- Dekalog, Osiem / starring Maria Kościałowska, Teresa Marczewska ; cinematography by Andrzej Jaroszewicz -- Dekalog, Dziewiec / starring Ewa Błaszczyk, Piotr Machalica ; cinematography by Piotr Sobociński -- Dekalog, Dziesiec / starring Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski ; cinematography by Jacek Bławut. Disc three: A short film about killing ; A short film about love. Disc four: Supplements.
Summary:
Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in post-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Using the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, the ten hour-long films deftly grapple with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Also presented are the longer theatrical versions of the series' fifth and sixth films: A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love.
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