The Decalogue

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-12-10

Languages:

Polish

Countries:

Poland, West Germany

Runtime:

572 min

IMDB Ratings:

9.2 (10958 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Artur Barcis Olgierd Lukaszewicz Olaf Lubaszenko Piotr Machalica

Fullplot:

This is a series of ten shorts created for Polish Television, with plots loosely based upon the Ten Commandments, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. Two of these, Dekalog 5 and 6, are shorter cuts from the feature-length films--Krotki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing) and Krotki film o milosci (A Short Film About Love), respectively. They deal with the emotional turmoil suffered by humanity, when instinctual acts and societal morality conflict.

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