Decalogue V

May. 16,1989      
Rating:
8.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Mirosław Baka as  Jacek Łazar
Krzysztof Globisz as  Piotr Balicki
Jan Tesarz as  Waldemar Rekowski
Artur Barciś as  Worker
Krystyna Janda as  Dorota Geller
Olgierd Łukaszewicz as  Andrzej Geller
Maciej Szary as  Supervisor
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz as  Commission Chairman
Zbigniew Borek as  Priest
Władysław Byrdy as  Executioner's Assistant

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Reviews

TeenzTen
1989/05/16

An action-packed slog

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Peereddi
1989/05/17

I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

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ChanFamous
1989/05/18

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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Sameer Callahan
1989/05/19

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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