Krzysztof Kieslowski
This film illustrates the second theme of the Three Colors trilogy, equality, through the two desires of the protagonist Karol Karol: improving his station in life, and revenge. In contrast to the introspective, melancholy, and ...
This film illustrates the second theme of the Three Colors trilogy, equality, through the two desires of the protagonist Karol Karol: improving his station in life, and revenge. In contrast to the introspective, melancholy, and ...
Julie, wife of the famous composer Patrice de Courcy, must cope with the death of her husband and daughter in an automobile accident she herself survives. While recovering in the hospital, Julie attempts suicide by ...
The film follows the lives of a young woman first in Poland, Weronika, and then a young woman in France, Véronique, both played by Irène Jacob. Though unrelated, the two appear identical, share many personality ...
Thou shalt not kill. A brutal and seemingly motiveless murder brings together a drifter (Mirosław Baka), a cruel taxi driver (Jan Tesarz), and an idealistic lawyer (Krzysztof Globisz). This is the only one of the ...
Thou shalt not commit adultery. A naive young man (Olaf Lubaszenko) spies on a stranger (Grażyna Szapołowska) through her window and falls in love with her. An extended 86 minutes feature version is Krótki film ...
Honour thy father and thy mother. Uncertainty about her real parentage complicates the bond between a young woman (Adrianna Biedrzyńska) and her father (Janusz Gajos). (Wikipedia)
Thou shalt not steal. A young woman (Maja Barelkowska) abducts her own child, who has been raised by her parents as her sister. (Wikipedia)
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife. A man who has become impotent (Piotr Machalica) discovers that his wife (Ewa Błaszczyk) has a lover. (A minor character in this film, a young singer with a ...
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. A Holocaust survivor (Teresa Marczewska) confronts an ethics professor (Maria Kościałowska) who once refused to help her on the basis of this commandment. The story was ...
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. A young woman (Krystyna Janda) is pregnant, but asks her husband's doctor (Aleksander Bardini) to make a medical pronouncement of the fate ...
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. A family man (Daniel Olbrychski) abandons his family duties on Christmas Eve to deal with a former lover in a crisis (Maria Pakulnis). (Wikipedia)
The film begins within the Elizabethan Age shortly before the death of Queen Elizabeth I. On her deathbed Elizabeth gives a young nobleman named Orlando a large tract of land and a Castle built on ...
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods. Two brothers (Jerzy Stuhr and Zbigniew Zamachowski) inherit a stamp collection but give a most valuable series away before realizing its extremely high worth. When they realize this ...
Thou shalt have no other gods before me. A university professor (Henryk Baranowski) trains his young son in the use of reason and the scientific method, but is confronted with the unpredictability of fate. Reason ...
One of the greatest and most ambitious cinematic achievements, Krzysztof Kieslowski's THE DECALOGUE consists of 10 short films inspired by the Ten Commandments. Each film takes place in and around... One of the greatest and ...
Blind Chance (Polish: Przypadek) is a Polish film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Made in 1981, the film was suppressed by the Polish authorities for several years. The work branches out into three separate story lines, ...
A Polish translator, Ulla (Grazyna Szapolowska), grieves her recently deceased lawyer husband. As she copes with her loss, the family of her husband's last client, Darek Stach, contacts her in need of legal documents and ...
Factory worker Filip Mosz (Jerzy Stuhr) is a nervous new father and a doting husband when he begins filming his daughter's first days with a newly acquired 8mm movie camera. He believes, as he tells ...
A 1940s promotional film by the Tucker Automobile Company introduces Preston Tucker (Jeff Bridges) and a new automobile filled with technological innovations. Flashing back to an earlier start as an inventor and entrepreneur, Tucker is ...
First-time crook Sonny Wortzik (Pacino), his friend Sal (Cazale), and a second accomplice attempt to rob a bank. The plan immediately goes awry when the second accomplice loses his nerve shortly after Sal pulls out ...
The film depicts the attempted invasion of Novgorod in the 13th century by Teutonic Knights of the Holy Roman Empire and their defeat by the Russian people, led by Prince Alexander, known popularly as Alexander ...
The backdrop for Meet Me in St. Louis is St. Louis, Missouri on the brink of the 1904 World's Fair.
Okuyama's face was disfigured in an industrial accident, and his face is completely covered in burns; he wears bandages to obscure them. He visits Dr. Hira, a psychiatrist who is able to fashion a "mask" ...
