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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. - Decalogue II
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Title: Decalogue II

Release Date: 16 May 1989

Runtime: 57m

Genre: Drama, TV Movie

Director: Sender Freies Berlin, TVP, Studio Filmowe Tor

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

Overview: Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain.

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Average Vote: 7.3 (175 votes)

Cast

  • Dorota Geller: Krystyna Janda
  • Chief Physician: Aleksander Bardini
  • Andrzej Geller: Olgierd Łukaszewicz
  • Lab Technician: Artur Barciś
  • Wacek: Stanisław Gawlik
  • Gynecologist: Krzysztof Kumor
  • Supervisor: Maciej Szary
  • Nurse: Krystyna Bigelmajer
  • Patient: Karol Dillenius
  • Miss Basia: Ewa Ekwińska
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