Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

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.

Cast

Krzysztof Kieślowski

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Janusz Skalski

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Sławomir Idziak

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Agnieszka Holland

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Zbigniew Preisner

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Jerzy Stuhr

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Krzysztof Zanussi

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Juliette Binoche

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Irène Jacob

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Krzysztof Wierzbicki

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