Plot
The Ten Commandments, exact and uncompromising, literally cast in stone, continues to provide a source of moral conflict in contemporary society. In the ten part epic masterpiece, The Decalogue, Krzysztof Kieslowski examines the dilemma of fundamental sin in the lives of ordinary Warsaw citizens.
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Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
December 10, 1989
Last Aired Date
July 6, 1990
Production Companies
Sender Freies Berlin
Telewizja Polska
Zespół Filmowy "Tor"
Type
Miniseries
Number of Season
1
Number of Episodes
10
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Dekalog
1989|10 Episodes
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.
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