Dekalog, dziesiec (24 Jun. 1989)
"Dekalog" Dekalog, dziesiec (original title)

"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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Writers:

Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieslowski

Stars:

Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Henryk Bista

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Jerzy Stuhr	...	Jerzy
Zbigniew Zamachowski	...	Artur
Henryk Bista	...	Shopkeeper
Olaf Lubaszenko	...	Tomek
Maciej Stuhr	...	Piotrek
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Gornostaj
Cezary Harasimowicz
Daniel Kozakiewicz
Henryk Majcherek
Elzbieta Panas
Jerzy Turek
Grzegorz Warchol

Storyline

"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...

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Plot Keywords:

stamp collection | stamp | black comedy | band | guard dog | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Release Date:

24 June 1989 (Poland)

Filming Locations:

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Company Credits

Production Co:

Polish TV, Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), Zespol Filmowy "Tor"

Technical Specs

Runtime:

57 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

great finale for the masterpiece of all film

Having gotten the videos of the Decalogue one volume at a time over the last 6 months from the Denver Public Library, I have enjoyed an extended appreciation of this towering masterpiece. Kiewslowski created so many moods, characters, settings, and above all, stories that engaged me completely, challenging me to pay attention, to care, and not to assume I knew where the story was going. So many wonderful endings and denouements, some painful, some twisted decidedly upward. #10 is decidedly a comedy. The two brothers, as we get to know them, are led into a sort of avarice and then a love for their late father's stamp collection, which is vastly more valuable than they imagined. Their greatest sin seems to be not growing paranoid over their inheritance, but that they were distant from the father, as well as from each other. I believe that the sin of coveting was committed by the unscrupulous dealer, whom we have reason to sympathize with in the strange (and beautifully conceived) barter that is at the core of this great story. I agree that to end this great decalogue with laughter is brilliant and makes the whole work even more memorable. I just saw this final show yesterday, and now I'm thinking about getting Episodes 1 and 2 again. (A new multi-screen art cinema opened in Denver this spring, and one of their initial bookings was The Decalogue, a week for each pair of films. I should have gone and seen them on the big screen, but they were after all created for television...)