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Decalogue IX (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 58 mins · Polish
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- Directed by
- Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Starring
- Jerzy Trela, Piotr Machalica, Katarzyna Piwowarczyk, Ewa Błaszczyk, Artur Barciś, Jan Jankowski
Roman and Hanka share a loving marriage, but Roman's impotence drives Hanka into an affair. Overcome by jealousy and shame, Roman takes extreme physical and mental measures, inflicting self‑harm and spiraling into a breakdown, testing the limits of his love and his will to survive while confronting the commandment against coveting.
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