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Film / 1989
Decalogue V
Directed by
Krzysztof Kieślowski
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.
The story
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.
In the same saga
The Decalogue
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Cast
Mirosław BakaJacek Łazar
Krzysztof GlobiszPiotr Balicki
Jan TesarzWaldemar Rekowski
Artur BarciśWorker
Krystyna JandaDorota Geller
Olgierd ŁukaszewiczAndrzej Geller
Maciej SzarySupervisor
Zbigniew ZapasiewiczCommission Chairman
Zbigniew BorekPriest
Władysław ByrdyExecutioner's Assistant
Aleksander BednarzExecutioner
Barbara DziekanCinema Cashier
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Iwona GłębickaPhoto Studio Employee
Elżbieta HelmanBeatka
Helena KowalczykowaOld Woman
Borys MarynowskiGuard
Maciej MaciejewskiProsecutor
Sylwester MaciejewskiJacek's Brother
Andrzej MastalerzJacek's Brother
Zdzisław RychterCartoonist
Karol StępkowskiMan at a Taxi Stop
Zdzisław TobiaszJudge
Jerzy ZassPrison Director
Leonard AndrzejewskiDrunk Man's Friend (uncredited)
Wieslaw BednarzMan in a Bathroom (uncredited)
Aleksander GawrońskiDrunk Man (uncredited)
Henryk ŁapińskiCommission Member (uncredited)
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