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EPISODE
Dekalog - Season 1 Episode 02: Dekalog, dwa
Ten television drama films inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments which are a set of biblical laws relating to ethics and worship
December 4, 1959
31 August 1947, Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
12 March 1934, Kochlowice, Ruda Slaska, Slaskie, Poland
14 March 1942, Lencze, Malopolskie, Poland
23 September 1939, Dabrowa Górnicza, Slaskie, Poland
7 September 1953, Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
13 February 1955, Pszczyna, Slaskie, Poland
April 05, 2017
Here, as elsewhere in the series, the dramatic engine is the contrast between two characters. Kieslowski connects the two with one of his signature big, fluid camera moves.
April 03, 2017
As in Dekalog 1, the film's power comes from the precise, economic delineation of character and circumstance.
April 03, 2017
Kieslowski goes beyond the Commandments' specifics... and turns each episode into a slice of life carved out of a community of late-Communist-era Poles living in a high-rise apartment complex in Warsaw.
April 04, 2017
Somewhat roundabout on the whole.
April 03, 2017
In this ethically charged drama, writer/director Krzysztof Kieslowski shows the danger of taking the Lord's name in vain, either by playing God ourselves or by handing over our God-given powers to others.
April 03, 2017
In terms of form, Decalogue II displays a notable preference for telling insert shots, from the leaves that the wife rips off her houseplant to the torturous drips of water on the metal footboard of the husband's hospital bed.