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Decalogue V is a film of genre Drama directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski with Mirosław Baka

Decalogue V (1990)

Decalogue V
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Length 57minutes
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating84% 4.237484.237484.237484.237484.23748

The Decalogue - V (Polish: Dekalog, pięć) is the fifth part of the television series The Decalogue by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski, connected to the sixth imperative of the Ten Commandments: "Thou dost not murder".

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).

Synopsis

The film begins with Piotr Balicki (Krzysztof Globisz), a young and idealistic lawyer who is about to take the bar exam. Jacek Łazar (Mirosław Baka) is a 20-year-old man, coming from the countryside. He wanders the streets of Warsaw and has apparently nothing to do. He keeps asking about a taxi stand but the first one he finds is very busy. Waldemar Rekowski (Jan Tesarz), a middle-aged taxicab driver, overweight, cruel-looking, lives in the Dekalog apartment block. He enjoys the freedom of his profession, with a wage and the power to ignore people whom he does not want to take in his taxi, as well as ogling young ladies.

Actors

Mirosław Baka

(Jacek Łazar)Artur Barciś

(Worker)Krystyna Janda

(Dorota Geller)Krzysztof Globisz

(Piotr Balicki)Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

(Commission Chairman)Olgierd Łukaszewicz

(Andrzej Geller)
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