Dekalog 1
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Henryk Baranowski
Wojciech Klata
Maja Komorowska
Artur Barcis
Agnieszka Brustman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Pavel and his father are very close--emotionally and intellectually, as the child's mother is abroad or perhaps even dead. Pavel is taught to put his faith in science, in the infallibility of computers, which can even confirm the safety of the ice on the nearby ponds. Before he goes off to ice-skate, Pavel--saddened by a dead dog--questions, "Why do people have to die at all?" When the father later hears that three children are feared dead on the ponds, he begins a frantic search to find his son.
Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2000 award for Outstanding Achievement in Foreign Film from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.
Released in United States 1989
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States July 1990
Released in United States June 1990
Released in United States March 1996
Released in United States March 2001
Released in United States November 1990
Released in United States on Video March 28, 2000
Released in United States September 1989
Re-released in United States June 9, 2000
Re-released in United States September 1, 2000
Shown at Goodwill Film Festival, Seattle July 20-29, 1990.
Shown at Munich Film Festival June 24 - July 2, 1989.
Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City November 2 & 11, 1990.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 30 - May 13, 1990.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.
Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 8-22, 1990.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 1989.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (in its entirety) September 5-14, 1989.
Broadcast in USA over Sundance Channel on "Spotlight on Krzysztof Kieslowski" May 2000.
Part 1 in a series of 10 Polish made-for-tv films, each dealing with one of the 10 commandments. Part 1 is about the first commandment: I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other God but me.
tvm (Poland)
Released in United States 1989 (Shown at Munich Film Festival June 24 - July 2, 1989.)
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Hollywood Glasnost - Tribute to Krzysztof Kieslowski) April 19 - May 3, 1990.)
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 30 - May 13, 1990.)
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at AFI Film Festival (The Decalogue) in Los Angeles June 23 - July 7, 1994.)
Released in United States March 1996 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade Theater) March 8-9, 1996.)
Released in United States March 2001 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 1-11, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video March 28, 2000
Released in United States June 1990 (Shown at Sydney Film Festival June 8-22, 1990.)
Re-released in United States June 9, 2000 (Lincoln Plaza Cinemas; New York City)
Released in United States July 1990 (Shown at Goodwill Film Festival, Seattle July 20-29, 1990.)
Released in United States September 1989 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 1989.)
Released in United States September 1989 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in its entirety) September 5-14, 1989.)
Re-released in United States September 1, 2000 (Screening Room; New York City)
Released in United States November 1990 (Shown at Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City November 2 & 11, 1990.)
