Dekalog 1-3 (1988)

Decalogue

Dekalog 1
Krzysztof, a semantics professor and computer hobbyist, is raising his young son, Paweł, to look to science for answers, while Irena, Paweł’s aunt, lives a life rooted in faith. Over the course of one day, both adults are forced to question their belief systems.

Dekalog 2
Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.

Dekalog 3
It’s Christmas Eve, and Ewa has plotted to pass the hours until morning with her former lover Janusz, a family man, by making him believe her husband has gone missing. During this night of recklessness and lies, the pair grapple with choices made when their affair was discovered three years ago, and with the value of their present lives.

Dekalog is a profound and thought-provoking anthology of ten one-hour films, each inspired by one of the Ten Commandments, presented over three parts; go here for Dekalog 4-6 and here for Dekalog 7-10.

Rating

Unclassified

Duration

166 min

Cast

Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska, Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski