Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
2005-02-27


8.5
82 min

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

Name Character Team
Krzysztof Kieślowski Self Unowned
Janusz Skalski Self Unowned
Slawomir Idziak Self Unowned
Agnieszka Holland Self Unowned
Zbigniew Preisner Self Unowned
Jerzy Stuhr Self Unowned
Krzysztof Zanussi Self Unowned
Juliette Binoche Self Goutbreak
Irène Jacob Self Unowned
Krzysztof Wierzbicki Self Unowned
Kazimierz Karabasz Self Unowned
Stanisław Różewicz Self Unowned
Krzysztof Piesiewicz Self Unowned
Grażyna Szapołowska Self Unowned
Márta Mészáros Self Unowned
Wim Wenders Self Unowned
Marin Karmitz Self Unowned