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Dekalog

"Live carefully, with your eyes open, and try not to cause pain."

1989 0h 55m 1 Season • 10 Episodes ★ 8.5 (92 votes) Ended

Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔk]) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Each installment explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they reside in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human.

Rating
8.5
Runtime
55 min
Episodes
10

Production

Sender Freies Berlin Sender Freies Berlin
Telewizja Polska Telewizja Polska
Zespół Filmowy "Tor"

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Keywords

christianityphilosophyadulteryidentityinfidelityten commandmentsholy waterspeechphysicscomputeranthologyspiritualityfatemoralityminiseriesjudaismchurchbelief in godpolandextramarital affairbonfireapartment complexhousing projectsearch for meaningmeaning of lifeexistentialismethical dilemmaold testamentpassage of timemoral dilemmaimpotent husbandcuckolded husbandauteurreligion and spiritualitypsychological drama

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