Decalogue VIII (1988)

Original title

Dekalog, osiem

Directed by

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Poland

Runtime

55 min

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 137 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Holocaust survivor tracks down an ethics professor who refused to help her years ago. The professor must answer for her past decision based on a moral commandment.

tenseemotionalsomberconfrontationalreflectivemorally complexrestrained

What happens

Dekalog: Eight (Polish: Dekalog, osiem) is the eighth part of Dekalog, the drama series of films directed by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski for television, connected to the eighth imperative of the Ten Commandments - "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor". A Holocaust survivor (Teresa Marczewska) confronts an ethics professor (Maria Kościałkowska) who once refused to help her on the basis of this commandment. The ten-part Dekalog series was exhibited in its entirety at the 46th Venice International Film Festival in September 1989, in the Special Events section. Dekalog: Seven premiered on Polish Television on 22 June 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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