
Decalogue VIII
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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5/16/1989Runtime
55 minsOverview
Zofia, a professor of ethics, is visited by Elżbieta, an American researching the fate of Jews who survived World War II. A daytime classroom conversation turns into a night of confrontation, and Zofia is forced to answer for a decision she made decades ago that directly affected the course of Elżbieta’s life.
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A tightly wound two-person reckoning where a lifetime of buried choices surfaces in a single night. The film quietly dismantles the distance between principle and complicity.
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Maria Kościałkowska
Zofia

Teresa Marczewska
Elżbieta Loranc

Artur Barciś
Student

Tadeusz Łomnicki
Tailor

Marian Opania
University Dean

Bronisław Pawlik
Philatelist
Wojciech Asiński
Student

Marek Kępiński
Flat Resident

Janusz Mond
Flat Resident
Krzysztof Rojek
Athlete
Wojciech Sanejko
Wiktor

Ewa Skibińska
Student telling the story of Dorota
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