Dekalog: Siedem, Osiem, Dziewiec (1988) by Krzysztof Kieslowski

AFG presents at the Club (AKUMB, 40 Tumanyan Str.)
MAKER OF ENIGMATIC FILMS - KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at 20:00
DEKALOG, SIEDEM
"Thou shalt not steal."
1988, Poland, 57 min, Drama, BR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Stars: Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Wladyslaw Kowalski
When Majka (Maja Barelkowska) gets tired of pretending that her illegitimate daughter is her sister, she kidnaps the girl and takes on her mother, who has been posing as the child's mother.
DEKALOG, OSIEM
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."
1988, Poland, 56 min, Drama, BR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Stars: Maria Koscialkowska, Teresa Marczewska, Artur Barcis
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...
DEKALOG, DZIEWIEC
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife."
1988, Poland, 60 min, Drama, BR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Stars: Ewa Blaszczyk, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barcis
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...
* Programs are free of charge, but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
* Films are screened in original language with English subtitles.
* BR Box Set Donated to the program by Zareh Arevshatyan (USA)