Dekalog
This masterwork by Krzysztof Kieślowski is one of the twentieth century’s greatest achievements in visual storytelling. Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from 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. Shot by nine different cinematographers, with stirring music by Zbigniew Preisner and compelling performances from established and unknown actors alike, Dekalog arrestingly explores the unknowable forces that shape our lives. Also presented are the longer theatrical versions of the series’ fifth and sixth films: A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love.
Special Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfers of all twelve films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays
- Selection of archival interviews with director Krzysztof Kieślowski, taken from a 1987 television piece on the production of Dekalog: Two, excerpts from the 1995 documentary A Short Film About “Dekalog,” and a 1990 audio recording from the National Film Theatre in London
- New program on the formal and thematic patterns of Dekalog by film studies professor Annette Insdorf
- New and archival interviews with Dekalog cast and crew, including cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, thirteen actors, three cinematographers, editor Ewa Smal, and Kieślowski confidante Hanna Krall
- Trailers
- PLUS: A book featuring an essay and capsules on the films by cinema scholar Paul Coates, along with excerpts from Kieślowski on Kieślowski
- New cover by Anthony Gerace
Special Features
- New, restored 4K digital transfers of all twelve films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-rays
- Selection of archival interviews with director Krzysztof Kieślowski, taken from a 1987 television piece on the production of Dekalog: Two, excerpts from the 1995 documentary A Short Film About “Dekalog,” and a 1990 audio recording from the National Film Theatre in London
- New program on the formal and thematic patterns of Dekalog by film studies professor Annette Insdorf
- New and archival interviews with Dekalog cast and crew, including cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, thirteen actors, three cinematographers, editor Ewa Smal, and Kieślowski confidante Hanna Krall
- Trailers
- PLUS: A book featuring an essay and capsules on the films by cinema scholar Paul Coates, along with excerpts from Kieślowski on Kieślowski
- New cover by Anthony Gerace
Cast
- Henryk Baranowski
- Krzysztof
- Maja Komorowska
- Irena
- Wojciech Klata
- Paweł
- Artur Barciś
- Krystyna Janda
- Dorota
- Aleksander Bardini
- Olgierd Łukaszewicz
- Andrzej
- Stanisław Gawlik
- Postman
- Jerzy Fedorowicz
- Andrzej’s friend
- Ewa Ekwińska
- Basia
- Maria Pakulnis
- Ewa
- Daniel Olbrychski
- Janusz
- Joanna Szczepkowska
- Janusz’s wife
- Adrianna Biedrzyńska
- Anka
- Janusz Gajos
- Michał
- Andrzej Blumenfeld
- Michał’s friend
- Tomasz Kozłowicz
- Jarek
- Elżbieta Kilarska
- Jarek’s mother
- Mirosław Baka
- Jacek
- Krzysztof Globisz
- Piotr
- Jan Tesarz
- Taxi driver
- Aleksander Bednarz
- Executioner
- Maciej Maciejewski
- Prosecutor
- Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
- Law school examiner
- Grażyna Szapołowska
- Magda
- Olaf Lubaszenko
- Tomek
- Stefania Iwińska
- Tomek’s landlady
- Piotr Machalica
- Małgorzata Rożniatowska
- Post office manager
- Anna Polony
- Ewa
- Maja Barełkowska
- Majka
- Władysław Kowalski
- Stefan
- Bogusław Linda
- Wojtek
- Katarzyna Piwowarczyk
- Maria Kościałkowska
- Zofia
- Teresa Marczewska
- Elżbieta
- Tadeusz Łomnicki
- Tailor
- Bronisław Pawlik
- Zofia’s neighbor
- Ewa Błaszczyk
- Hanka
- Jan Jankowski
- Mariusz
- Jolanta Piętek-Górecka
- Female patient
- Jerzy Stuhr
- Jerzy
- Zbigniew Zamachowski
- Artur
- Henryk Bista
- Shopkeeper
- Maciej Stuhr
- Piotrek
- Cezary Harasimowicz
- Detective
- Henryk Majcherek
- Stamp collector
- Jerzy Turek
- Stamp collector
Credits
- Director
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Cowriters
- Krzysztof Piesiewicz
- Cowriters
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Producer
- Ryszard Chutkowski
- Cinematographers
- Wiesław Zdort
- Cinematographers
- Edward Kłosiński
- Cinematographers
- Piotr Sobociński
- Cinematographers
- Krzysztof Pakulski
- Cinematographers
- Sławomir Idziak
- Cinematographers
- Witold Adamek
- Cinematographers
- Dariusz Kuc
- Cinematographers
- Andrzej Jaroszewicz
- Cinematographers
- Jacek Bławut
- Composer
- Zbigniew Preisner
- Art direction
- Halina Dobrowolska
- Sound
- Wiesława Dembińska
- Sound
- Małgorzata Jaworska
- Sound
- Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewski
- Editor
- Ewa Smal
- Assistant directors
- Teresa Violetta Buhl
- Assistant directors
- Dariusz Jabłoński
- Assistant directors
- Paweł Rzepkowski
- Production managers
- Paweł Mantorski
- Production managers
- Włodzimierz Bendych
- Set design
- Grażyna Tkaczyk
- Set design
- Robert Czesak
- Set decorator
- Magdalena Dipont
- Costume
- Małgorzata Obłoza
- Costume
- Hanna Ćwikło
- Makeup
- Dorota Seweryńska
- Music performed by
- Orkiestra Filharmonii Łódzkiej
- Still photographers
- Andrzej Burchard
- Still photographers
- Jacek Cichecki
- Still photographers
- Janusz Całka
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