Soundtrack: Zbigniew Preisner

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Artur Barcis · Olgierd Lukaszewicz · Olaf Lubaszenko · Piotr Machalica

Synopsis TV Mini-Series (1989-1990). 10 Episodes. Originally made for Polish television, 'Dekalog' focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face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...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Grazyna Szapolowska · Olaf Lubaszenko · Stefania Iwinska · Artur Barcis

Synopsis 'Thou shalt not commit adultery' is a shorter, scaled-down version of 'A Short Film About Love', with a less complex plot and a different ending - though the basic narrative about the relationship between a lonely 19-year-old boy and the...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Henryk Baranowski · Wojciech Klata · Maja Komorowska · Artur Barcis

Synopsis Ten-year-old Pawel and his father Krzysztof run their lives on their beloved home computer, while Pawel's aunt worries that his spiritual education is being neglected. But Pawel is too busy enjoying life, not least thanks to his father's Christmas present...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Grazyna Szapolowska · Olaf Lubaszenko · Stefania Iwinska · Piotr Machalica

Synopsis A Short Film About Love (1988) follows Tomek, a lonely young postal worker who becomes obsessed with Magda, an older woman living across the courtyard. Using a telescope, he secretly watches her intimate life, blurring the lines between voyeurism and...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Irène Jacob · Jean-Louis Trintignant · Jean-Pierre Lorit · Frédérique Feder

Synopsis Three Colours: Red (1994) follows Valentine, a young model in Geneva, whose life intersects with a retired judge who eavesdrops on his neighbors' phone calls. As their unlikely friendship develops, the judge's cynical worldview challenges Valentine's compassion, leading to profound...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Miroslaw Baka · Krzysztof Globisz · Jan Tesarz · Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Synopsis "Thou Shalt Not Kill" - a shorter, slightly less graphic version of 'A Short Film About Killing', but the plot is essentially the same: murder followed by execution, two killings, one illegal, one legal, both hideous.

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Adrianna Biedrzynska · Janusz Gajos · Artur Barcis · Adam Hanuszkiewicz

Synopsis "Honour thy father and thy mother". Young Anka and her father have lived together since her mother's death, and have always been more like close friends than father and daughter. One day, Anka discovers a letter from her mother whose...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Jerzy Stuhr · Zbigniew Bielawski · Henryk Bista · Olaf Lubaszenko

Synopsis "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods" - especially not when it leads to the conclusion of this black comedy about two brothers who inherit their father's valuable stamp collection and end up paying rather more than they bargained for...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Miroslaw Baka · Krzysztof Globisz · Jan Tesarz · Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

Synopsis A youth randomly, and brutally, murders a taxi-driver. Piotr has just passed his law exams and been admitted to the bar. He is to defend Jacek, the young murderer. There is no evidence for the defence and no apparent motive....

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Ewa Blaszczyk · Piotr Machalica · Artur Barcis · Jan Jankowski

Synopsis "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife". Roman, after discovering his impotence, urges his wife Hanka to take a lover. She reluctantly complies, and Roman, despite his earlier words, becomes obsessively jealous. Spying on her, he learns of her affair,...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Juliette Binoche · Benoît Régent · Florence Pernel · Charlotte Vêry

Synopsis Three Colours: Blue (1993) follows Julie, a woman who loses her composer husband and young daughter in a tragic car accident. Devastated, she retreats from her former life, cutting ties with everyone and attempting to erase her past. As she...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Anna Polony · Maja Barelkowska · Wladyslaw Kowalski · Boguslaw Linda

Synopsis "Thou shalt not steal" - but in this case the 'theft' is of a child by her real mother, who then finds herself emotionally unable to cope with the responsibility, while the stable and loving family that brought the child...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Irène Jacob · Halina Gryglaszewska · Kalina Jedrusik · Aleksander Bardini

Synopsis The Double Life of Veronique (1991) follows two identical women, Weronika in Poland and Véronique in France, who share an inexplicable spiritual connection despite never meeting. Weronika, a gifted soprano, pursues her musical passion with intense dedication, while Véronique, a...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Zbigniew Bielawski · Julie Delpy · Janusz Gajos · Jerzy Stuhr

Synopsis Three Colours: White (1994) follows Karol, a Polish hairdresser living in Paris, whose life unravels after his French wife, Dominique, divorces him, leaving him humiliated and destitute. Forced to return to Poland, Karol rebuilds his life with determination, transforming from...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Maria Koscialkowska · Teresa Marczewska · Artur Barcis · Tadeusz Lomnicki

Synopsis "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour". A Polish-American researcher visits Warsaw and attends a lecture about ethics. Afterwards, she approaches Zofia, the lecturer, and says that she is the little Jewish girl whom Zofia refused to shelter...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Krystyna Janda · Aleksander Bardini · Olgierd Lukaszewicz · Artur Barcis

Synopsis "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain". An elderly doctor is approached by a woman with a complicated request. Her husband is gravely ill and may die, and she is pregnant by someone else....

Direction Agnieszka Holland

Cast Marco Hofschneider · Julie Delpy · Hanns Zischler · André Wilms

Synopsis Agnieszka Holland's EUROPA EUROPA is the fascinating fact-based story of Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider), a German Jew who survived the Holocaust by concealing his identity, literally within enemy ranks. When Nazi thugs smash into the Perels' house, 13-year-old Solly manages...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Daniel Olbrychski · Maria Pakulnis · Joanna Szczepkowska · Artur Barcis

Synopsis "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." Janusz is a taxi driver. It's Christmas Eve, and he honours the (Polish) traditions for this (holy) day: he gives presents to the members of his family and attends Midnight Mass. Later,...

Direction Krzysztof Wierzbicki

Cast Krzysztof Kieślowski · Jacek Petrycki · Krzysztof Wierzbicki

Synopsis This documentary richly illustrates the life of the great Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski. It was completed just a couple of years before his untimely death. He comes off as a simple man, not at all like the great cinematic genius...

Direction Jean Becker

Cast Jacques Villeret · André Dussollier · Thierry Lhermitte · Benoît Magimel

Synopsis Lucien, a young boy, loves his father, Jacques, but despises his childish eccentricities, which include an extravagant clown act. Jacques’ best friend, André, decides it his time for Lucien to discover the reason for his father’s behaviour. During World War...