Krzysztof Kieslowski Filmography

Born:: June 27, 1941 in Warsaw, Poland
Occupation:: Director, Screenwriter
Biography:: A towering figure of Eastern European cinema, Krzysztof Kieslowski was born in Warsaw, Poland, on June 27, 1941. His formative years, spent under the specters of Hitler and Stalin, were nomadic; his father suffered from tuberculosis, and the family traveled from one sanatorium to another. At the...Read More

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The Big Animal

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Andrzej Kozak, Dominika Bednarczyk, Jerzy Stuhr, Anna Dymna

Synopsis: Working from a recently rediscovered script from late Polish filmmaker Krysztof Kieslowski, veteran actor and frequent Kieslowski collaborator Jerzy Stuhr directs this wry fable about intolerance and individuality. The film opens with bank clerk and clarinet enthusiast Zygmunt Sawicki (Stuhr) Read More

2/20/04
Heaven

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone, Stefania Rocca, Matthis Sbargia

Synopsis: German filmmaker Tom Tykwer made his English-language debut with this feature, which was adapted from a screenplay co-authored by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski. Philippa (Cate Blanchett) is a British schoolteacher living in Italy, whose husband fell victim to a drug overdose, as have several of Read More

10/4/02
The Decalogue [TV Series]

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Krzysztof Kieslowski, the internationally renowned filmmaker best known for his Trois Couleurs trilogy (Blue, White, and Red), created perhaps his most ambitious work with this ten-part series produced for Polish television in 1988 and 1989. Each of the ten segments, running between 53 and 58 Read More

7/24/98
White

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Florence Pernel, Juliette Binoche

Synopsis: The second feature in filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, the black comedy White features Zbigniew Zamachowski as Karol Karol, an expatriate Polish hairdresser whose French wife (the breathtaking Julie Delpy) divorces him after just six months of marriage because of his Read More

1994
Red

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frederique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit

Synopsis: The concluding chapter in filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, Red stars the luminous Irène Jacob as Valentine, a young student and fashion model who befriends a bitter former judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant, his character a proxy for Kieslowski himself). Their accidental meeting Read More

1994
Blue

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Emmanuelle Riva

Synopsis: The first chapter in Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy, Blue stars Juliette Binoche as Julie, the lone survivor of an automobile crash that killed her husband, a famed composer, and their only child. Despondent, Julie attempts suicide, but she cannot bring herself to Read More

1993
The Double Life of Veronique

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Irène Jacob, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Aleksander Bardini, Sandrine Dumas, Guillaume de Tonquedec, Claude Duneton, Philippe Volter, Halina Gryglaszewska, Jerzy Gudejko

Synopsis: The Double Life of Véronique is the story of two young women who are -- in some mysterious and irresolvable way -- the same woman leading two different yet interconnected lives. Those familiar with Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's later "Three Colors" trilogy of Blue, White, and Red will Read More

11/24/91
The Decalogue 6

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwinska

Synopsis: Nineteen-year-old Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko) spies on the older, promiscuous Magda (Grazyna Szapolowska), who then seduces him. This episode was released in an expanded version as A Short Film About Love. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 7

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Boguslaw Linda, Bozena Dykiel

Synopsis: When Majka (Maja Barelkowska) gets tired of pretending that her illegitimate daughter is her sister, she kidnaps the girl and takes on her mother, who has been posing as the child's mother. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 8

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Maria Koscialkowska, Teresa Marczewska, Artur Barcis, Tadeusz Lomnicki

Synopsis: Elzbieta (Teresa Marczewska) confronts ethics professor Zofia (Maria Koscialkowska), who refused to hide her from the Nazis during World War II, and the women gain a deeper understanding of how the war scarred both of them. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 3

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Daniel Olbrychski, Maria Pakulnis, Joanna Szczepkowska, Artur Barcis, Krystyna Drochocka

Synopsis: Taxi driver Janusz (Daniel Olbrychski) abandons his wife and children on Christmas Eve to help an old girlfriend search for her husband, whom she claims is missing. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 4

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Adrianna Biedrynska, Janusz Gajos, Artur Barcis, Adam Hanuszkiewicz, Jan Tesarz

Synopsis: When 20-year-old Anka (Adrianna Biedrzynska) learns that her "father" is not her biological father, her feelings for him take a new turn. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 5

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

Synopsis: Jacek (Miroslaw Baka) murders a cab driver and is sentenced to die, despite the efforts of his inexperienced lawyer. This episode was released in an expanded version as A Short Film About Killing. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 1

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska, Artur Barcis, Maria Gladkowska

Synopsis: Krzysztof's (Henryk Baranowski) faith in scientific reason is challenged when incorrect computer weather information leads to tragedy for his young son, Pawel (Wojciech Klata). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
A Short Film About Love

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Olaf Lubaszenko, Grazyna Szapolowska, Stefania Iwinska, Piotr Machalica

Synopsis: In this ironic Polish seriocomedy, Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko), a young shy postal worker, worships Magda (Grazyna Szapolowska) from afar -- literally, peering at her through spyglasses. She shatters his illusions about pure, ideal love by stating matter-of-factly that she believes only in sex. Read More

1988
The Decalogue 2

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Artur Barcis, Krystyna Bigelmajer

Synopsis: As Dorota's (Krystyna Janda) husband lies dying, she must decide whether or not to terminate her pregnancy by another man. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 9

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Ewa Blaszczyk, Piotr Machalica, Artur Barcis, Jan Jankowski, Jolanta Pietek-Gorecka

Synopsis: Impotent Roman (Piotr Machalica) encourages his wife to see other men, then becomes jealous when, after much hesitation, she does so. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
The Decalogue 10

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jerzy Stuhr, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Henryk Bista, Olaf Lubaszenko, Maciej Stuhr

Synopsis: Jerzy (Jerzy Stuhr) trades a kidney for a rare stamp, only to see a twist of fate underline his folly. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1988
No End

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Grazyna Szapolowska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Artur Barcis

Synopsis:
The late, celebrated Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski) has created a downbeat but emotionally harrowing, magic realist tale in this film about a fictional couple whose lives are taken over by events in Poland in the turbulent, early 1980s. Antoni Zyro (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), a Polish Read More

3/6/87
Krotki Film o Zabijaniu

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz

Synopsis: This disturbing and violent feature opens with a scene of a dead rat and a lifeless cat hanging by the neck. As the plot unfolds, Yatzek (Miroslaw Baka) is a 20-year-old drifter who murders a testy taxi driver (Jan Tesarz) in a gut-wrenching scene of excessive violence. Tension continues to build Read More

1987
Blind Chance

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Marzena Trybala

Synopsis: Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski's Blind Chance was originally titled Przypadek. Boguslaw Linda plays a middle-aged man at a crossroads of his life; whatever choice he makes for his future has the potential of ending in disaster. A sudden accident forces Linda to choose immediately. In Read More

1982
Spokoj, 1976-1980

Crew: Dialogue Writer, Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jerzy Stuhr, Jerzy Trela

Synopsis: Calm was filmed in 1976 for Polish television, but not released until 1980 after it had been substantially edited, leaving the story somewhat less coherent due to the cut segments. A young man (Jerzy Stuhr) has just finished serving a three-year prison term, and is looking for work to be able to Read More

1981
Short Working Day

Crew: Director

1981
Dworzec

Crew: Director

1980
Gadajace Glowy

Crew: Director

1980
Camera Buff

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jerzy Stuhr, Jerzy Nowak

Synopsis: In this political satire from Poland, Jerzy Stuhr plays Filip, a factory worker who, after the birth of his first child, buys an 8mm movie camera to record his daughter's first few years on film. Before long, Filip is happily obsessed with his new hobby, and he graduates from simply capturing his Read More

1979
Siedem Kobiet W Roznym Wieku

Crew: Director

1978
From the Point of View of the Night Watchman

Crew: Director

1977
Nie Wiem

Crew: Director

1977
The Scar

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Franciszek Pieczka, Mariusz Dmochowski, Jerzy Sztur, Michal Tarkowski

Synopsis: The postwar history of Poland is seen through the experiences of a succession of directors of a large industrial plant. The movie is based on a popular television mini-series, Managers. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

1976
Szpital

Crew: Director

1976
Personel

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Michal Tarkowski

Synopsis: Friendship, loyalty, art and ambition collide in the life of Romek, a young Polish costumer working on his first professional production in a state-run repertory company. When his best friend Sowa is fired because he argued with a senior performer, Romek tries to defend him. In a moment of Read More

1975
Zyciorys

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1975
Pierwsza Milosc

Crew: Director

1974
Przeswietlenie

Crew: Director

1974
Murarz

Crew: Director

1973
Przejscie Podziemne

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1973
Miedzy Wroclawiem a Zielona Gora

Crew: Director

1972
Refren

Crew: Director

1972
Fabryka

Crew: Director

1971
Przed Rajdem

Crew: Director

1971
Bylem Zolnierzem

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

1970
Z Miasta Lodzi

Crew: Director

1968

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