Dekalog VI - X [OmeU], Pol 1990, R: Krzysztof Kieslowski, 300 Min
Ten one-hour films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments. Each short film explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they live in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland.
Dekalog: Six
"Thou shalt not commit adultery."
A naive young man, Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko), spies on a woman, Magda (Grażyna Szapołowska), and falls in love with her. An extended 86-minute feature version of this film is called Krótki film o miłości (A Short Film About Love).
58 Min
Dekalog: Seven
"Thou shalt not steal".
A young woman (Maja Barelkowska) abducts her own child, who has been raised by her parents as her sister
55 Min
Dekalog: Eight
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor".
A Holocaust survivor (Teresa Marczewska) confronts an ethics professor (Maria Kościałkowska) who once refused to help her on the basis of this commandment.
55 Min
Dekalog: Nine
"thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife".
A man who has become impotent (Piotr Machalica) discovers that his wife (Ewa Błaszczyk) has a lover. A minor character in this film, a young singer with a heart condition, inspired Kieślowski's and Piesiewicz's next film, The Double Life of Véronique.
57 Min
Dekalog: Ten
"Thou shalt not covet."
Two brothers (Jerzy Stuhr and Zbigniew Zamachowski) inherit a valuable stamp collection from their deceased father and soon become consumed and obsessed with their windfall. The brothers find themselves entangled in a series of misadventures as they attempt to understand, protect and expand their newfound fortune.
57 Min
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