The Decalogue

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The Decalogue is a critically acclaimed Polish television drama series of ten films directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, each loosely inspired by one of the Ten Commandments and exploring complex moral and ethical dilemmas.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
The Decalogue canonical 3
Decalogue I 1
Decalogue V 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish film series ⓘ
anthology film series ⓘ
television drama series ⓘ
cinematographyBy Piotr Sobociński ⓘ
Slawomir Idziak ⓘ
countryOfBroadcast Poland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
creator Krzysztof Kieślowski ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director Krzysztof Kieślowski ⓘ
distribution international film festivals ⓘ
expandedInto A Short Film About Killing ⓘ
A Short Film About Love ⓘ
firstReleaseDate 1989 ⓘ
format series of ten films ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
television film ⓘ
hasPart Decalogue I ⓘ
linked to: The Decalogue

Decalogue II ⓘ
Decalogue III ⓘ
linked to: Dekalog: Three

Decalogue IV ⓘ
linked to: Dekalog

Decalogue IX ⓘ
linked to: Decalogue

Decalogue V ⓘ
linked to: Dekalog: Five

Decalogue VI ⓘ
linked to: Dekalog: Six

Decalogue VII ⓘ
Decalogue VIII ⓘ
linked to: Decalogue

Decalogue X ⓘ
linked to: Dekalog: Ten
inspiredBy Ten Commandments ⓘ
location Warsaw ⓘ
musicBy Zbigniew Preisner ⓘ
notableEpisode Decalogue V ⓘ
linked to: Dekalog: Five

Decalogue VI ⓘ
linked to: Dekalog: Six
numberOfEpisodes 10 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage Polish ⓘ
linked to: Polish language
originalNetwork Telewizja Polska ⓘ
productionCompany Telewizja Polska ⓘ
recognizedAs one of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s major works ⓘ
one of the greatest television series of all time ⓘ
releasePeriod 1989–1990 ⓘ
runningTimePerEpisode about 55 minutes ⓘ
screenplayCollaboration Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz ⓘ
setting late-20th-century Warsaw housing estate ⓘ
subjectMatter ordinary people facing moral choices ⓘ
theme contemporary interpretation of the Ten Commandments ⓘ
ethical dilemmas ⓘ
moral dilemmas ⓘ
writer Krzysztof Kieślowski ⓘ
Krzysztof Piesiewicz ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Krzysztof Kieślowski → notableWork → The Decalogue ⓘ
Timkat → tabotRepresents → Tablets of the Law ⓘ
linked to: The Decalogue
Zbigniew Zamachowski → notableWork → The Decalogue ⓘ
A Short Film About Killing → basedOn → Decalogue V ⓘ
linked to: The Decalogue
The Decalogue → hasPart → Decalogue I ⓘ
linked to: The Decalogue
Krzysztof Piesiewicz → notableWork → The Decalogue ⓘ
Krzysztof Piesiewicz → notableWork → The Decalogue television series ⓘ
linked to: The Decalogue