The Best Episodes of Dekalog Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(8301 votes)

   #1 - Dekalog: One

   S1:E112/10/1989

   “I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other God but me.” Ten-year-old Pawel and his father Krzysztof run their lives on their beloved home computer, while Pawel’s aunt worries that his spiritual education is being neglected. But Pawel is too busy enjoying life, not least thanks to his father’s Christmas present of a pair of ice skates, because the computer has calculated that the frozen lake is safe to skate across…

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
2. 

   7.8/10(6211 votes)

   #2 - Dekalog: Two

   S1:E25/11/1990

   “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” An elderly doctor is approached by a woman with a complicated request. Her husband is gravely ill and may die, and she is pregnant by someone else. If her husband dies, she wants to keep the child, but not otherwise, and she wants the doctor to give him an honest verdict on his chances. But the doctor is disturbed by her request, because his answer will directly affect the life or death of another human being. Is he entitled to play God?

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
3. 

   6.8/10(5191 votes)

   #3 - Dekalog: Three

   S1:E35/18/1990

   “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Janusz is a taxi driver. It’s Christmas Eve, and he honours the (Polish) traditions for this (holy) day: he gives presents to the members of his family and attends Midnight Mass. Later, Ewa, a woman who he had betrayed his wife with three years earlier, asks him to help her. Her husband is missing, and she asks him to help her search for him. Should Janusz stay home to keep the day holy? Or should he help Ewa, who says she needs his help, to keep the day holy? Is it his duty to help her? This episode seems to be about both…

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
4. 

   8.2/10(5089 votes)

   #4 - Dekalog: Four

   S1:E45/25/1990

   “Honour thy father and thy mother.” Young Anka and her father have lived together since her mother’s death, and have always been more like close friends than father and daughter. One day, Anka discovers a letter from her mother whose contents make her question her whole relationship with her father… if that’s indeed who he is.

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
5. 

   8.5/10(5258 votes)

   #5 - Dekalog: Five

   S1:E56/1/1990

   “Thou shalt not kill.” A shorter, slightly less graphic version of “A Short Film About Killing,” but the plot is essentially the same: murder followed by execution, two killings, one illegal, one legal, both hideous.

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
6. 

   8.8/10(4929 votes)

   #6 - Dekalog: Six

   S1:E66/8/1990

   “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” A shorter, scaled-down version of “A Short Film About Love,” with a less complex plot and a different ending—though the basic narrative about the relationship between a lonely 19-year-old boy and the thirty-something artist that he spies on every night is the same.

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
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7. 

   8.0/10(4253 votes)

   #7 - Dekalog: Seven

   S1:E76/15/1990

   “Thou shalt not steal.” But in this case the “theft” is of a child by her real mother, who then finds herself emotionally unable to cope with the responsibility, while the stable and loving family that brought the child up are distraught.

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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8. 

   7.0/10(4034 votes)

   #8 - Dekalog: Eight

   S1:E86/22/1990

   “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” A Polish-American researcher visits Warsaw and attends a lecture about ethics. Afterwards, she approaches Zofia, the lecturer, and says that she is the little Jewish girl whom Zofia refused to shelter during World War II. But Zofia has a very good reason for her apparent cowardice…

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
9. 

   8.2/10(3965 votes)

   #9 - Dekalog: Nine

   S1:E96/29/1990

   “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife.” Roman, after discovering his impotence, urges his wife Hanka to take a lover. She reluctantly complies, and Roman, despite his earlier words, becomes obsessively jealous. Spying on her, he learns of her affair, and vows to kill himself—not knowing that Hanka was in fact breaking off the relationship…

   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

   Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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   Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

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10. 

    8.5/10(4060 votes)

    #10 - Dekalog: Ten

    S1:E107/6/1990

    “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s goods.” Especially not when it leads to the conclusion of this black comedy about two brothers who inherit their father’s valuable stamp collection and end up paying rather more than they bargained for…

    Director:Krzysztof Kieślowski

    Writers:Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz

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