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Dekalog

1989 Drama

Rating

8.5/10

Popularity

9

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.

Details

Creator

Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Status

Ended

Release date

12/10/1989

Last air date

7/6/1990

Seasons

1

Episodes

10

Origin country

PL

Vote count

94