Synopsis: The life of a beautiful, young and pious woman is thrown into chaos when her parents takes in a dashingly handsome lodger. Having embarked on a torrid affair, the lodger goes off to Rome to seek a divorce from his estranged wife.
Unable to live apart from her beloved, our hero leaves home only to fall prey to the infatuations and lusts of a band of noble admirers, unsavoury criminals and utopian do-gooders…Read More »
Polish Silesia, the 1930’s. A coal mine is slated for shutdown. Scared of losing their jobs, the miners declare a sit-in. Young miner Jaś, a happy husband and father of two little boys, wants to go home, but overcomes his fear and stays with his fellow miners. The mine’s management tries to cheat the striking miners, promising to negotiate with the worker leaders if the workers leave the mine. The families demonstrate their solidarity outside. The man leading them is Erwin, a former Silesian insurrectionist. Silesian bands play at the mine gates, demonstrations are held. Siersza, leader of the strike, sends strike committee member Grudniok to Warsaw, to present the miners’ demands to the government. Grudniok returns with bad news. They told him in Warsaw that the mine was owned by a German, and the Polish government had no way of influencing his decision…Read More »
Quote: Film traces the fascinating saga of princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935. In 1900 Prince Hans von Teuss entertains Emperor Wilhelm II with a bison hunt at his palatial residence. He finds out many years later that his wife was emperor’s lover and divorces her. In the ’20s, during the Silesian uprisings, Prince’s son Konrad befriends foreman’s son. In 1932, the Prince, now married to younger Marisca, becomes paralyzed and confined to wheelchair. His diabolical elder son takes over the ruined estate and unknown to his father becomes associated with Hitler’s supporters.Read More »
This is a very rare and obscure official remake of Kieslowski’s Decalogue.
Episodes: I: The Scent of Flowers Does Not Blow Against the Wind (You shall have no other gods before me) II: Newbie (You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain) III: Overboard (Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy) IV: My Poor Head (Honour your father and your mother) V: Janusz W. Case (You shall not kill) VI: The Lodger (You shall not commit adultery) VII: Street Feeling (You shall not steal) VIII: The Fence (You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour) IX: Yoko Ono’s Cups (You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife) X: Real (You shall not covet your neighbour’s goods)Read More »