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I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other God but me. - Decalogue I
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Title: Decalogue I

Release Date: 16 May 1989

Runtime: 53m

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Director: Sender Freies Berlin, TVP, Studio Filmowe Tor

Production Companies: Sender Freies Berlin, TVP, Studio Filmowe Tor

Overview: Krzysztof, a semantics professor and computer hobbyist, is raising his young son, Paweł, to look to science for answers, while Irena, Paweł’s aunt, lives a life rooted in faith. Over the course of one day, both adults are forced to question their belief systems.

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Average Vote: 8.1 (238 votes)

Cast

  • Krzysztof: Henryk Baranowski
  • Paweł: Wojciech Klata
  • Irena: Maja Komorowska
  • Man sitting by the Ice: Artur Barciś
  • Chess Player: Agnieszka Brustman
  • Jacek's Father: Maciej Borniński
  • Ania: Maria Gładkowska
  • Ewa Jezierska: Ewa Kania
  • Jacek's Mother: Aleksandra Kisielewska
  • Ola: Aleksandra Majsiuk
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