Dekalog - Season 1 - Eps 3: Dekalog: Three
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Janusz is a taxi driver. It’s Christmas Eve, and he honours the (Polish) traditions for this (holy) day: he gives presents to the members of his family and attends Midnight Mass. Later, Ewa, a woman who he had betrayed his wife with three years earlier, asks him to help her. Her husband is missing, and she asks him to help her search for him. Should Janusz stay home to keep the day holy? Or should he help Ewa, who says she needs his help, to keep the day holy? Is it his duty to help her? This episode seems to be about both…
About Dekalog
Title: Dekalog
First Air Date: 1989-12-10
Last Air Date: 1990-07-06
Status: Ended
Rating: 8.5/10 (from 85 votes)
Language: PL
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 10
Network: TVP1
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Sender Freies Berlin, TVP, Studio Filmowe Tor
Synopsis
Originally made for Polish television, “The Decalogue” focuses on the residents of a housing complex in late-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Its ten hour-long films, drawing from 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.
