Decalogue VIII

The Decalogue VIII Polish Dekalog, osiem is the eighth part of the television series The Decalogue by Polish director Krzysztof Kielowski, connected to the ninth imperative of the Ten Commandments, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Zofia figures out that Elbieta herself was the small girl left to an uncertain fate, and that it was she, Zofia, who refused to help her. Her initial explanation that, being Catholics, they couldnt lie about Elbietas fake baptism is not good enough. Zofia asks Elbieta to dinner, but instead drives her to the house where the scene took place in 1943. Here she expresses her deep regret and explains the real reason she refused her help Zofias husband was an officer of the Polish resistance and there were reports that the invading Germans were posing fake Jews in order to hunt down resistance fighters who helped Jews. This doesnt take away the fact that Zofia went along with abandoning 6yearold Elbieta to nearcertain death. Back at Zofias apartment, Janicki, the neighbour, enters and proudly shows Zofia his series of 1931 German stamps that he has recently acquired.Zofia has had difficulties, over the years, living with what she did and didnt do during the war. Elbieta asks to be taken to the family that had offered to help her, but when she gets there, the man, a tailor, refuses to speak about the war. Zofia tells her that he suffered a lot during and after the war and that is why he will not say anything. ........

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