CERN CineClub - Dekalog 7 and 8

Wednesday 23 Nov 2016, 20:00 → 22:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Dekalog – 7

Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski 

Poland, 1990, 59 min.

"Thou shalt not steal" - but in this case the 'theft' is of a child by her real mother, who then finds herself emotionally unable to cope with the responsibility, while the stable and loving family that brought the child up are distraught.

Dekalog – 8

Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski 

Poland, 1989, 57 min.

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour". A Polish-American researcher visits Warsaw and attends a lecture about ethics. Afterwards, she approaches Zofia, the lecturer, and says that she is the little Jewish girl whom Zofia refused to shelter during World War II. But Zofia has a very good reason for her apparent cowardice...

Original version Polish; English subtitles