Decalogue
Dekalog
Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
"For 6,000 years, these rules have been unquestionably right. And yet we break them every day. People feel that something is wrong in life. There is some kind of atmosphere that makes people now turn to other values. They want to contemplate thebasic questions of life, and that is probably the real reason for wanting to tell these stories." -Krzysztof Kieslowski on The Decalogue
<h3>Video Details</h3>
The Decalogue Special Edition is a three-disc set with exclusive special features. Disc 1 begins with "Roger Ebert on The Decalogue," a special appreciation by America's best-known film critic. Episodes 1, 2, and 3 of The Decaloguefollow. Disc 2 Includes Episodes 4, 5, 6, and 7. Disc 3 completes the series with Episodes 8, 9, and 10, and rounds out the experience with three documentaries about director Krzysztof Kieslowski. "On the Set of The Decalogue" us a brief interview with the director; "Kieslowski Meets the Press" is an extensive Q&A between Kieslowski and the European press; and in "Kieslowski Known and Unknown," friends and colleagues offer tributes and insights on the famed director. A printed booklet included with The Decalogue Special Edition DVDcontains an introduction to The Decalogueby Kieslowski, an interview with the script writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz, and complete casts and credits.
A woman worries about her nephew's spiritual education, whose life and his father's are run on their home computer.
A woman with a gravely ill husband and pregnant of her lover faces a dilemma: if her husband dies, she'll keep the baby; if not, she'll abort.
On Christmas Eve, a taxi driver's ex-lover asks him for help to look for her missing husband.
When her father is away on business, a young woman discovers a letter from her dead mother reading, 'Open after my death'.
A soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.
A teenager spies on his older neighbour through binoculars.
Raised as sisters, one is in fact the other's mother. Unwilling to continue living a lie, the mother tries to get her daughter back from her parents.
A researcher meets a professor and reveals herself as the child to whom she refused to shelter during World War II.
Following the discovery of his sexual impotence a man urges his wife to take a lover.
After their father's death, two brothers inherit a valuable stamp collection.
| Director | Krzysztof Kieslowski |
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| Edition | Criterion |
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| Nr Discs | 6 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | SUB [English] |
| Regions | Region A |