Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.

A father and daughter, Michał and Anka, have a unique intimacy, which the college-aged Anka is beginning to feel conflicted about. When she finds an unopened letter from her deceased mother, it seems to justify her attraction to Michał, who may not in fact be her father.

This sarcastic drama is taken from the popular Hungarian novel by Tibor Dery. A terminally ill writer (Jozef Kroner) of national prominence watches as family and friends gather like vultures for his imminent demise. Relli (Alexander Bardini) smiles and pretends to be the writer's friend as he tries to get his hands on an unpublished manuscript. The opening scene is the highlight of the film. While the dead writer is being laid to rest in a national funeral, he emerges from the coffin and walks into his own grave while the mourners flee in terror.

In my opinion the best early short of Krzysztof Zanussi, simple story about young student (Daniel Olbrychski) who try pass his exam. Nice supplement to "Barwy Ochronne".

1988 second part of the television series The Decalogue directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski

Film opens with the mad rush of haphazard freedom as the concentration camps are liberated. Men are trying to grab food, change clothes, bury their tormentors they find alive. Then they are herded into other camps as the Allies try to devise policy to control the situation. A young poet who cannot quite find himself in this new situation, meets a headstrong Jewish young girl who wants him to run off with her, to the West. He cannot cope with her growing demands for affection, while still harboring the hatred for the Germans and disdain for his fellow men who quickly revert to petty enmities.

1952年的夏天，波兰人民共和国建立的第八个年头，农民们在田间地头劳作，满心欢喜收割着自己辛勤劳动得来的果实。可就在解放前，农民的生活却凄惨无比。19356年出版的《农民日记》，记录了解放前穷苦波兰农民的惨状。肥沃的土地养育了农民，但否定了他们的存在。他们的孩子因缺少营养形成弓形腿，每家只能在复活节时才能买到一公斤糖，为了面包他们移民和漂泊，居无定所。
摄制组按照日记中的描述，走访了那些村落小镇，见证着解放后农民生活天翻地覆般的改变，农民子女对美好未来的追求和践行。忘不掉前夜的黑暗，同时更加感激今天的温暖阳光……

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time of martial law when Solidarity was banned.

Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.

1994 film by Krzysztof Kieślowski

按照《圣经》“出埃及记”的记载，《十诫》是十条上帝对人类的戒律。而基氏所讲述的是十个现代版离经叛道的警世恒言。十段短片都是普通人在平凡生活中发生的故事，却向我们提出了有关道德人性、宗教伦理、科学理性等诸多人类精神世界的问题。第一诫中葬身湖底的小巴博，都是因为父亲一味迷信 电子技术的结果；第二戒里的女人在两难中做出选择；第三戒是有关婚姻的困境；第四戒讲述有关家庭伦理的问题……第十戒以两兄弟间的猜忌而告终。基式向我们赤裸裸的解剖着这古老的十诫，永恒的人性难题又一次遭受现代社会里种种有关精神戒律的挑战与质疑。
导演克日什托夫·基耶斯洛夫斯基荣1989年威尼斯电影节 Children and Cinema Award等诸多奖项。