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DEKALOG 5: THOU SHALL NOT KILL

( 1990 )
Special Program |
 
Poland
,
Germany
 |
 Polish |
 84 min

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski    

Born in 1941 in Poland, Kieślowski first gained the attention of the international film community in 1979 with the release of his feature drama Camera Buff. In 1988 Kieślowski began working on his ten-part television miniseries The Decalogue. Later, he turned two episodes of the critically lauded series into feature films; A Short Film About Love and A Short Film About Killing. These releases raised Kieślowski’s status internationally, which he later topped with the release of The Double Life of Véronique. His Three Colors Trilogy is considered his most internationally celebrated and critically acclaimed work to date.

Producer

Ryszard Chutkowski

Production Company

Screenplay

Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Cinematography

Wieslaw Zdort, Edward Klosinski

Editing

Ewa Smal

Sound

Cast

Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

Contacts

Producer

Ryszard Chutkowski

Production Company

Screenplay

Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Cinematography

Wieslaw Zdort, Edward Klosinski

Editing

Ewa Smal

Sound

Cast

Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

Contacts

More About Film

Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty. Their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind. The film won both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film

Producer

Ryszard Chutkowski

Screenplay

Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Cinematography

Wieslaw Zdort, Edward Klosinski

Editing

Ewa Smal

Cast

Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

More About Film

Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty. Their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind. The film won both the Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, as well as the European Film Award for Best Film