The Decalogue - VIII is the eighth part of the television series The Decalogue by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski, connected to the eighth imperative of the Ten Commandments, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." A Holocaust survivor confronts an ethics professor who once refused to help her on the basis of this commandment. Warsaw, Poland, around year 1985. Zofia is an elderly but sporty university professor who is friends with stamp-collecting neighbour Czesłav "Root" Janicki. Elżbieta , a woman in her forties, who is from New York but speaks... excellent Polish and is clearly of Polish descent, is visiting the University of Warsaw. She goes to Zofia's ethics lecture. Elżbieta and Zofia are professional acquaintances from the USA, Elżbieta having translated Zofia's works, and the latter is glad to introduce her friend to the students. Zofia's lecture consists of the students posing ethical problems to be discussed in class.
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| Release date: | 1988 |
| Directed by: | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Runtime: | 55 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ryszard Chutkowski |
| Editor: | Ewa Smal |
| Music by: | Zbigniew Preisner |
| Cinematography: | Tomasz Suprowicz, Piotr Jaszczuk, Andrzej Jaroszewicz |
| Screenplay by: | Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| Estimated budget: | $10,000 |