Dekalog: Five
Dekalog: Five (Polish: Dekalog, pięć) is the fifth part of Dekalog, the drama series of films directed by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski for television, connected to the fifth imperative of the Ten Commandments: "Thou shalt not murder".
| Dekalog: Five | |
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| Directed by | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Written by | Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Piesiewicz |
| Produced by | Ryszard Chutkovski |
| Starring | Miroslaw Baka Jan Tesarz Krzysztof Globisz |
| Cinematography | Sławomir Idziak |
| Edited by | Ewa Smal |
| Music by | Zbigniew Preisner |
| Distributed by | Polish Television |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | Polish |
| Language | Polish |
| Budget | $10,000 |
A brutal and seemingly motiveless murder brings together a young drifter, Jacek (Mirosław Baka), a taxi driver (Jan Tesarz), and an idealistic lawyer, Piotr (Krzysztof Globisz). This is the only one of the films with an explicit political stance, reflecting Kieślowski's opposition to the death penalty. An expanded 84-minute cinema version of this episode was released as Krótki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing).
Along with Dekalog: Six, the film screened in the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.