Decalogue V
Dekalog, pięć
Release: 1989-05-16
·Runtime: 57m
·★ 7.9
Drama
TV Movie
Crime
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
Production Countries
Germany
Poland
Production Companies
Sender Freies Berlin
Telewizja Polska
Studio Filmowe Tor
Cast
Mirosław Baka
as Jacek Łazar
Jan Tesarz
as Waldemar Rekowski
Artur Barciś
as Worker
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
as Andrzej Geller
Maciej Szary
as Supervisor
Władysław Byrdy
as Executioner's Assistant
Helena Kowalczykowa
as Old Woman
Krystyna Janda
as Dorota Geller
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
as Commission Chairman
Aleksander Bednarz
as Executioner
Iwona Głębicka
as Photo Studio Employee
Zdzisław Rychter
as Cartoonist
Zdzisław Tobiasz
as Judge
Jerzy Zass
as Prison Director
Leonard Andrzejewski
as Drunk Man's Friend (uncredited)
Karol Stępkowski
as Man at a Taxi Stop
Henryk Łapiński
as Commission Member (uncredited)
Krzysztof Globisz
as Piotr Balicki
Zbigniew Borek
as Priest
Maciej Maciejewski
as Prosecutor
Sylwester Maciejewski
as Jacek's Brother
Andrzej Mastalerz
as Jacek's Brother
Crew
Slawomir Idziak
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Robert Brzeziński
Production Consultant, Stunts
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Director, Screenplay
Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Screenplay
Zdzisław Szostak
Conductor
Józef Stefański
Stunts
Zbigniew Preisner
Original Music Composer
Ewa Smal
Editor
Dariusz Jabłoński
Assistant Director
Magdalena Dipont
Set Decoration