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Dekalog

★ 8.9 35K votes 1989–1990 1 seasons · 10 episodes Ended TVP1
PhilosophicalBig questions of meaning, ethics and existence.This show: 10/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10AnthologyA new story or cast with every episode or season.This show: 8/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10Intellectual challengeRewards close attention and theorizing.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Artur BarcisOlgierd ŁukaszewiczOlaf LubaszenkoAleksander BardiniKrystyna JandaPiotr Machalica
Starring
Artur BarcisOlgierd ŁukaszewiczOlaf LubaszenkoAleksander BardiniKrystyna JandaPiotr Machalica
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03k5k8k10k

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About

"Ten moral puzzles, no easy answers"

Ten hour-long films, each loosely inspired by one of the Ten Commandments, follow residents of a single Warsaw apartment block through moments of moral crisis: infidelity, grief, faith, obligation, desire. There's little plot in the conventional sense; each episode is a quiet, closely observed study of a person facing a decision with no clean answer. The tone is contemplative and often bleak, carried by patient camerawork and small, devastating human details rather than dialogue-driven drama. It rewards slow, attentive viewing and lingers for days afterward.

Watch it for

the way ordinary choices become quietly devastating moral dilemmas.

Maybe skip if

you need clear resolutions or fast-moving plot to stay engaged.

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All Seasons

Miniseries1989
8.151K109h 39m
Inspired by the decalogue of the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, grapple deftly with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth, and the passage of time, each installment explores characters facing one or several moral or ethical dilemmas as they reside in an austere housing project in 1980s Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Dekalog, jeden8.5
8K55 min
2Dekalog, dwa7.7
6K59 min
3Dekalog, trzy7.4
5K57 min
4Dekalog, cztery8.2
5K57 min
5Dekalog, piec8.4
5K59 min
6Dekalog, szesc8.6
5K60 min
7Dekalog, siedem7.8
4K57 min
8Dekalog, osiem7.5
4K56 min
9Dekalog, dziewiec8.0
4K60 min
10Dekalog, dziesiec8.3
4K59 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Artur Barcis Young Man, Bicyclist, Hospital Orderly
Olgierd Łukaszewicz Andrzej Geller
Olaf Lubaszenko Tomek
Aleksander Bardini Consultant
Krystyna Janda Dorota Geller
Piotr Machalica Roman
Jan Tesarz Taxi Driver
Stanislaw Gawlik Postman
Krzysztof Kumor Gynecologist
Katarzyna Piwowarczyk Ania

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