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DVD/FOREIGN/POLISH/DECALOGUE Disc 2
DVD/FOREIGN/POLISH/DECALOGUE Disc 3
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©2003
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3 videodiscs (10 hr., 21 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Disc 1. Introduction / Roger Ebert ; Jeden. I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have other gods before me (53 mins.) ; Dwa. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain (57 mins.) ; Trzy. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (56 min.) -- Disc 2. Cztery. Honor thy father and thy mother (56 mins.) ; Pięć. Thou shalt not kill (57 mins.) ; Sześć. Thou shalt not commit adultery (58 mins.) ; Siedem. Thou shalt not steal (55 mins.) -- Disc 3. Osiem. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor (55 mins.) ; Dziewięć. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife (58 mins.) ; Dziesięć. Thou shalt not covet thy neigbhor's goods (57 mins.). Special features. Roger Ebert on The Decalogue (15:51) -- On the set of The Decalogue (3:26) -- 100 pytań do-- Krzyzstof Kieślowski = 100 questions : Kieślowski meets the press (41:36) -- Kieślowski : znany i nieznany = known and unknown (13:21)
Cinematography, Wiesław Zdort, Edward Kłosiński, Piotr Sobociński, Krzysztof Pakulski, Witold Adamek, Dariusz Kuc, Andrzej Jaroszewicz, Jacek Bławut ; editor, Ewa Smal ; music, Zbigniew Preisner
Ten films that each feature one of the Ten Commandments as a thematic construct
Henryk Baranowski (Krzysztof), Wojciech Klata (Irena), Maja Komorowska (Paweł), Krystyna Janda (Dorota), Aleksander Bardini (Ordynator), Olgierd Łukaszewicz (Andrzej), Artur Barciś (Young Man), Maria Pakulnis (Ewa), Daniel Olbrychski (Janusz), Joanna Szczepkowska (Żona Janusza), Adrianna Biedrzyńska (Anka), Janusz Gajos (Michał), Mirosław Baka (Jacek), Krzysztof Globisz (Piotr), Jan Tesarz (Taksówkarz), Grażyna Szapołowska (Magda), Olaf Lubaszenko (Tomek), Stefania Iwińska (Gospodyni), Anna Polony (Ewa), Maja Barełkowska (Majka), Władysław Kowalski (Stefan), Bogusław Linda (Wojtek), Maria Kościałkowska (Zofia), Teresa Marczewska (Elżbieta), Ewa Błaszczyk (Hanka), Piotr Machalica (Roman), Jerzy Stuhr (Jerzy), Zbigniew Zamachowski (Artur)
Not rated
DVD, all zones; Dolby
Films in Polish with English subtitles; Roger Ebert introduction in English; other special features in Polish with English overdubs
Awards: Cannes special jury prize ; European film award ; Fipresci award, Venice film festival ; San Sebastian special jury prize ; Sao Paolo critics award ; Chicago film critics, best foreign language film