Dekalog
DVD - 2016
Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in post-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Using the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, the ten hour-long films deftly grapple with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. 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.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Television mini-series
Fiction television programs
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection
[2016]
- Language
- Polish
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- Edition
- Five-DVD special edition ; DVD edtion ; full screen and widescreen
- Item Description
- Originally released as a television series in Poland in 1988.
Special features include: New, restored 4K digital transfer of all twelve films; 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 interview with Dekalog cast and crew, including cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, thirteen actors, three cinematographers, editor Ewa Smal, and Kieślowski confidante Hanna Krall; Trailers. Accompanying book includes the essay "And so on": Kieślowski's Dekalog and the metaphysics of the everyday by film studies professor Paul Coates, along with excerpts from Kieślowski on Kieślowski. - Physical Description
- 5 v. (1 videodisc per volume) (approximately 583 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.70:1) presentation; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
- Awards
- Cannes special jury prize ; European film award ; Fipresci award, Venice film festival ; San Sebastian special jury prize ; Sao Paolo critics award ; Chicago film critics, best foreign language film.
- Production Credits
- Directors of photography, Wiesław Zdort, Edward Kłosiński, Piotr Sobociński, Krzysztof Pakulski, Sławomir Idziak, Witold Adamek, Dariusz Kuc, Andrzej Jaroszewicz, Jacek Bławut ; music, Zbigniew Preisner ; art director, Halina Dobrowolska ; editor, Ewa Smal ; costumes, Malgorzata Obloza, Hanna Cwiklo.
- ISBN
- 9781681432007
- disc 1. Dekalog, Jeden / starring Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska ; cinematography by Wiesław Zdort
- Dekalog, Dwa / starring Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz ; cinematography by Edward Kłosiński
- Deklaog, Trzy / starring Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Pakulnis, Joanna Szczepkowska ; director of photography Piotr Sobociński.
- disc 2. Dekalog, Cztery / starring Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Janusz Gajos ; cinematography by Krzysztof Pakulski
- Dekalog, Piec / starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz ; cinematography by Sławomir Idziak
- Dekalog, Szesc / starring Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko ; cinematography by Witold Adamek.
- disc 3. Dekalog, Siedem / starring Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Władyslaw Kowalski, Bogusław Linda ; cinematography by Dariusz Kuc
- Dekalog, Osiem / starring Maria Kościałowska, Teresa Marczewska ; cinematography by Andrzej Jaroszewicz
- Dekalog, Dziewiec / starring Ewa Błaszczyk, Piotr Machalica ; cinematography by Piotr Sobociński.
- disc 4. Dekalog, Dziesiec / starring Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski ; cinematography by Jacek Bławut
- A short film about "Dekalog"
- Kieślowski at the National Film Theatre
- Annette Insdorf
- Dekalog cast and crew.
- disc 5. Krótki film o zabijaniu = A short film about killing
- Krótki film o Miłości = A short film about love.