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Dekalog

Live carefully, with your eyes open, and try not to cause pain.

19898.51 Season10 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔk]) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, 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.

Produced by Ryszard Chutkowski, Andrzej Buhl
NetworksTVP1

Themes & Keywords

christianityphilosophyadulteryidentityinfidelityten commandmentsholy waterspeechphysicscomputeranthologyspiritualityfatemoralityminiseriesjudaismchurchbelief in godpolandextramarital affairbonfireapartment complexhousing projectsearch for meaningmeaning of lifeexistentialismethical dilemmaold testamentpassage of timemoral dilemmaimpotent husbandcuckolded husbandauteurreligion and spiritualitypsychological drama

About Dekalog

Dekalog is a drama series that first aired in 1989 exploring themes of christianity, philosophy, adultery, identity, infidelity, ten commandments. Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔk]) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner. It consists of ten one-hour films, 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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