
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 Kieslowski examines the dilemma of fundamental sin in the lives of ordinary Warsaw citizens.
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Air Date: 1989-12-10
“I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other God but me.” Ten-year-old Pawel and his father Krzysztof run their l...
Air Date: 1990-05-11
“Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” An elderly doctor is approached by a woman with a complic...
Air Date: 1990-05-18
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Janusz is a taxi driver. It’s Christmas Eve, and he honours the (Polish)...
Air Date: 1990-05-25
“Honour thy father and thy mother.” Young Anka and her father have lived together since her mother’s death, and have ...
Air Date: 1990-06-01
“Thou shalt not kill.” A shorter, slightly less graphic version of “A Short Film About Killing,” but the plot is esse...
Air Date: 1990-06-08
“Thou shalt not commit adultery.” A shorter, scaled-down version of “A Short Film About Love,” with a less complex pl...
Air Date: 1990-06-15
“Thou shalt not steal.” But in this case the “theft” is of a child by her real mother, who then finds herself emotion...
Air Date: 1990-06-22
“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” A Polish-American researcher visits Warsaw and attends a l...
Air Date: 1990-06-29
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife.” Roman, after discovering his impotence, urges his wife Hanka to take a l...
Air Date: 1990-07-06
“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods.” Especially not when it leads to the conclusion of this black comedy abo...