Dekalog: Ten
Dekalog: Ten (Polish: Dekalog, dziesięć) is the tenth part of the television series Dekalog by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski, connected to the tenth imperative of the Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt not covet." In contrast to the bleak tone of the other episodes in the series, Dekalog X is a black comedy.
Plot
The story begins at a concert of punk group "City Death". There is a crowd of young people listening to the loud music and the group frontman/singer, Artur (Zbigniew Zamachowski). A man making his way through the crowd, Jerzy (Jerzy Stuhr), waves urgently to Artur, who is subsequently revealed as Jerzy's younger brother. Jerzy informs Artur that their father Czesław "Root" Janicki has died. The brothers, whose relationship with their father was distant and strained, handle the funeral proceedings with ambivalence.
More details
author | Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Piesiewicz |
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director | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
editor | Ewa Smal |
genre | comedy |
keywords | austrian rose mercury guard dog kidney post office red mercury shop owner store owner weimar republic young people |
musicBy | Zbigniew Preisner |
producer | Ryszard Chutkovski |
publisher | Polish Television |
theme | black comedy |