The Decalogue: Vol. One (Parts Seven & Eight)
NR, 115 min.
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Ana Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Maria Koscialkowska, Teresa Marczewska.

Part 7: “Thou shalt not steal” tells the story of a woman who is tired of living falsely as the sister of a girl who is really her daughter, so she runs away from her own parents, taking her daughter with her. Part 8: “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” deals with a New York woman who confronts a Warsaw ethics professor with refusing her shelter as a child during the Nazi occupation.

This article appears in February 16 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.