The Decalogue: Season 1, Episode 9 Dekalog, dziewiec
(29 Jun. 1990)
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The Decalogue: Season 1, Episode 9 Dekalog, dziewiec
(29 Jun. 1990)
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Ewa Blaszczyk | ... |
Hanka
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Piotr Machalica | ... |
Roman
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Artur Barcis | ... |
Bicyclist
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Jan Jankowski | ... |
Mariusz
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Jolanta Pietek-Górecka | ... | |
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Katarzyna Piwowarczyk | ... | |
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Jerzy Trela | ... |
Mikolaj
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Renata Berger |
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Malgorzata Boratynska |
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Jolanta Cichon |
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Janusz Cywinski |
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Slawomir Kwiatkowski |
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Dariusz Przychoda |
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"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife". Roman, after discovering his impotence, urges his wife Hanka to take a lover. She reluctantly complies, and Roman, despite his earlier words, becomes obsessively jealous. Spying on her, he learns of her affair, and vows to kill himself - not knowing that Hanka was in fact breaking off the relationship... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
Eventually, this episode from the DEKALOG series will take on a life of its own. Beginning with a melodramatic premise-- a successful young doctor afflicted with irremediable impotence instructs his loving wife to take a lover-- Kieslowski constructs a 50 minute drama of extraordinary impact, the end of which is an affirmation of their marriage as a spiritual state these partners only half-perceive themselves. I called the film tragic above, but its arc parallels Shakespeare's late romance, THE WINTER'S TALE, right down to a near-miraculous conclusion. A lovely piece of work.