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Dekalog / Janus Films ; TVP ; MK2 ; director, Krzysztof Kieślowski ; co-writers, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieślowski ; producer, Ryszard Chutowski.
LIBRA DVD 029 325 disc 1-5 + book
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 837.
- Criterion collection ; 837
- Language:
- English
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- Ten commandments--Drama.
- Ten commandments.
- Ethics--Drama.
- Ethics.
- Choice (Psychology)--Drama.
- Choice (Psychology).
- Neighbors.
- Manners and customs.
- Poland--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Poland.
- Neighbors--Poland--Drama.
- Interpersonal relations--Drama.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Made-for-TV movies.
- Television melodramas.
- Television series.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 5 videodiscs (approximately 583 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (71 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm).
- DVD video 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Five-DVD special edition.
- Other Title:
- English title: Decalogue
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
- Language Note:
- In Polish; optional subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (1.70:1 aspect ratio) presentation; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0.
- digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0
- full screen (1.33:1) 24 fps
- widescreen (1.70:1) 24 fps
- NTSC
- video file DVD video region 1
- Summary:
- Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in post-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Using the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, the ten hour-long films deftly grapple with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time. Also presented are the longer theatrical versions of the series' fifth and sixth films: A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love.
- Contents:
- disc 1. Dekalog, Jeden / starring Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska ; cinematography by Wiesław Zdort
- Dekalog, Dwa / starring Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz ; cinematography by Edward Kłosiński
- Deklaog, Trzy / starring Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Pakulnis, Joanna Szczepkowska ; director of photography Piotr Sobociński.
- disc 2. Dekalog, Cztery / starring Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Janusz Gajos ; cinematography by Krzysztof Pakulski
- Dekalog, Piec / starring Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz ; cinematography by Sławomir Idziak
- Dekalog, Szesc / starring Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko ; cinematography by Witold Adamek.
- disc 3. Dekalog, Siedem / starring Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Władyslaw Kowalski, Bogusław Linda ; cinematography by Dariusz Kuc
- Dekalog, Osiem / starring Maria Kościałowska, Teresa Marczewska ; cinematography by Andrzej Jaroszewicz
- Dekalog, Dziewiec / starring Ewa Błaszczyk, Piotr Machalica ; cinematography by Piotr Sobociński.
- disc 4. Dekalog, Dziesiec / starring Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski ; cinematography by Jacek Bławut
- A short film about "Dekalog".
- disc 5. A Short Film About Killing
- A Short Film About Love.
- Participant:
- Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska [I]; Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Łukaszewicz [II]; Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Pakulnis, Joanna Szczepkowska [III]; Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Janusz Gajos [IV]; Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz [V]; Grażyna Szapołowska, Olaf Lubaszenko [VI]; Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Władyslaw Kowalski, Bogusław Linda [VII]; Maria Kościałowska, Teresa Marczewska [VIII]; Ewa Błaszczyk, Piotr Machalica [IX]; Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski [X]; Artur Barciś.
- Credits:
- Cinematographers, Wiesław Zdort, Edward Kłosiński, Piotr Sobociński, Krzysztof Pakulski, Sławomir Idziak, Witold Adamek, Dariusz Kuc, Andrzej Jaroszewicz, Jacek Bławut; music, Zbigniew Preisner; art director, Halina Dobrowolska; editor, Ewa Smal; costumes, Malgorzata Obloza, Hanna Cwiklo.
- Notes:
- Title from title container.
- Videodisc release of the television series originally broadcast in 1988.
- Special features include: New, restored 4k digital transfer of all twelve films; Selection of archival interviews with director Krzysztof Kieślowski, taken from a 1987 television piece on the production of Dekalog: Two, excerpts from the 1995 documentary A Short Film About "Dekalog", and a 1990 audio recording from the National Film Theatre in London; New program on the formal and thematic patterns of Dekalog by film studies professor Annette Insdorf; New and archival interview with Dekalog cast and crew, including cowriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz, thirteen actors, three cinematographers, editor Ewa Smal, and Kieślowski confidante Hanna Krall; Trailers. Accompanying book includes the essay "And so on": Kieślowski's Dekalog and the metaphysics of the everyday by film studies professor Paul Coates, along with excerpts from Kieślowski on Kieślowski.
- Cannes special jury prize ; European film award ; Fipresci award, Venice film festival ; San Sebastian special jury prize ; Sao Paolo critics award ; Chicago film critics, best foreign language film.
- ISBN:
- 9781681432007
- 1681432005
- OCLC:
- 956740133
- Publisher Number:
- 715515185714
- CC2673D Criterion Collection
- CC2673DDVD The Criterion Collection
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