Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

The read

It runs a compact 1h 22m.

Synopsis

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about Kieslowski's happy beginnings at the Lodz film school and how his dissatisfaction with some of his early documentaries prompted the dramatic work and stylistic experimentation that led to his monumental series of films The Decalogue (1989). Wim Wenders, Agnieszka Holland, and Juliette Binoche are among the many admirers weighing in on his hard-driving work methods and preoccupation with the ephemeral. In Polish, French, and German with subtitles.

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Key crew

• Maria Zmarz-KoczanowiczDirector

Cast

• Krzysztof KieślowskiSelf
• Janusz SkalskiSelf
• Sławomir IdziakSelf
• Agnieszka HollandSelf
• Zbigniew PreisnerSelf
• Jerzy StuhrSelf
• Krzysztof ZanussiSelf
• Juliette BinocheSelf
• Irène JacobSelf
• Krzysztof WierzbickiSelf
• Kazimierz KarabaszSelf
• Stanisław RóżewiczSelf

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