| Dekalog | |
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| Directed by | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Starring | Artur Barciś see below |
| Music by | Zbigniew Preisner |
| Country of origin | Poland |
| Original language | Polish |
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| Producer | Ryszard Chutkowski |
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| Editor | Ewa Smal |
| Running time | 572 minutes |
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| Budget | $100,000 (all parts)[citation needed] |
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| Release | 10 December 1989 – 29 June 1990 |
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Dekalog (pronounced [dɛˈkalɔg], also known as Dekalog: The Ten Commandments and The Decalogue) is a 1989 Polish drama television miniseries directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski[1] and co-written by Kieślowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz, with music by Zbigniew Preisner.[2] It consists of ten one-hour films, inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments.[3] Each installment explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they reside in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland.
Exhibited in its entirety at the 46th Venice International Film Festival, the series, Kieślowski's most acclaimed work,[4] was said in 2002 to be "the best dramatic work ever done specifically for television"[5] and has won numerous international awards, though it did not receive wide release outside Europe until the late 1990s.[6] It is one of fifteen films listed in the category "Values" on the Vatican film list. In 1991, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick wrote an admiring foreword to the published screenplay,[7] wherein Dekalog is the only masterpiece he could think of.[8]
- ^ "Biography of Krysztof Kieślowski". Facets. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Tanzer, Joshua (20 January 2001). "A perfect 10 - film review THE DECALOGUE (Dekalog 1 through Dekalog 10)". Offoffoff. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Dekalog: The Ten Commandments". Close-Up Film Centre. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Krzysztof Kieślowski's Acclaimed Films". They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ Fulford, Robert (14 May 2002). "Kieslowski's magnificent Decalogue". RobertFulford.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020 – via The National Post.
- ^ "The Critics on The Decalogue". Facets. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ Kieślowski, Krzysztof; Piesiewicz, Krzysztof; Kubrick, Stanley (January 1991). Kubrick on Kieslowski. London. ISBN 978-0571144983. Retrieved 21 October 2020 – via Faber & Faber.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Why The Decalogue Still Matters After Twenty Years". HuffPost. 23 June 2008. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.