Krzysztof Kieślowski

Three Colors: White

Three Colors: White

The most playful and also the grittiest film of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors trilogy, White follows the adventures of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then frames him for arson after setting her own salon ablaze. The film, which goes on to chronicle Karol Karol’s elaborate revenge plot, manages to be both a ticklish dark comedy about the economic inequalities of Eastern and Western Europe and a sublime reverie on twisted love.

Film Info

  • Poland, France
  • 1994
  • 91 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • French, Polish
  • Spine #589

Blu-ray Special Edition Features

  • High-definition digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Cinema lesson with director Krzysztof Kieślowski
  • Video essay by film critic Tony Rayns
  • Interview programs with Three Colors cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz and actors Zbigniew Zamachowski and Julie Delpy
  • Short documentary on the making of White
  • Two short documentaries by Kieślowski: Seven Women of Different Ages (1978) and Talking Heads (1980)
  • Trailer
  • English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Stuart Klawans

Purchase Options

Collector's Sets

Collector's Set

Three Colors

Three Colors

4K UHD+Blu-ray Combo Box Set

6 Discs

$99.96

Collector's Set

Three Colors

Three Colors

Blu-ray Box Set

3 Discs

$63.96

Collector's Set

Three Colors

Three Colors

DVD Box Set

4 Discs

$63.96

Blu-ray Special Edition Features

  • High-definition digital restoration, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
  • Cinema lesson with director Krzysztof Kieślowski
  • Video essay by film critic Tony Rayns
  • Interview programs with Three Colors cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz and actors Zbigniew Zamachowski and Julie Delpy
  • Short documentary on the making of White
  • Two short documentaries by Kieślowski: Seven Women of Different Ages (1978) and Talking Heads (1980)
  • Trailer
  • English subtitle translation
  • PLUS: An essay by film critic Stuart Klawans
Three Colors: White
Cast
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Karol Karol
Julie Delpy
Dominique
Janusz Gajos
Mikołaj
Jerzy Stuhr
Jurek, Karol’s brother
Aleksander Bardini
Notary lawyer
Grzegorz Warchol
Elegant man
Cezary Harasimowicz
Inspector
Jerzy Nowak
Old farmer
Cezary Pazura
Money handler
Jerzy Trela
Karol’s driver
Piotr Machalica
Tall man
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
Madame Jadwiga
Credits
Director
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Producer
Marin Karmitz
Screenplay
Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Screenplay
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Original music
Zbigniew Preisner
Cinematography
Edward Kłosiński
Editing
Urszula Lesiak
Sound
Jean-Claude Laureux
Sound mixer
William Flageollet
Production design
Halina Dobrowolska
Production design
Claude Lenoir
Set decorator
Magdalena Dipont
Assistant directors
Emmanuel Finkiel
Assistant directors
Teresa Violetta Buhl
Production manager
Ryszard Chutkowski
Executive producer
Yvon Crenn
Screenplay consultants
Agnieszka Holland
Screenplay consultants
Edward Zebrowski
Screenplay consultants
Edward Kłosiński
Dialogue translator
Marcin Latałło
Casting
Margot Capelier
Casting
Teresa Violetta Buhl
Script continuity
Geneviève Dufour
Set photographer
Piotr Jaxa
Costume design
Elzbieta Radke
Costume design
Teresa Wardzała
Costume design
Jolanta Luczak
Costume design
Virginie Viard
Hair and makeup
Jean-Pierre Caminade
Hair and makeup
Jolanta Pruszynska
Hair and makeup
Jadwiga Cichocka

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