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A Short Film About Love (Polish: Krótki film o miłości) is a Polish romantic drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Grażyna Szapołowska and Olaf Lubaszenko. Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film is about a young post office worker deeply in love with a promiscuous older woman who lives in an adjacent apartment building. After spying on her through a telescope, he meets and declares his love for this jaded woman who long ago gave up on believing in love. She responds to his innocence by initiating him on the basic fact of life—that there is no love, only sex. A Short Film About Love is an expanded film version of Decalogue VI, part of Kieślowski's 1988 Polish language ten-part television series, The Decalogue. The film is set in Warsaw. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Original Release
01/01/1988
US Release
10/18/1988
Cast
Name | Character |
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Grazyna Szapolowska | Magda |
Olaf Lubaszenko | Tomek |
Stefania Iwinska | Grandmother / Godmother |
Piotr Machalica | Roman |
Artur Barcis | Young Man |
Hanna Chojnacka | Miroslawa |
Stanislaw Gawlik | Postman |
Tomasz Gradowski | (as T. Gradowski) |
Rafal Imbro | Bearded Man |
Jan Piechocinski | Blond Man |
Directors
Writers
Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Cast
Name | Character |
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Grazyna Szapolowska | Magda |
Olaf Lubaszenko | Tomek |
Stefania Iwinska | Grandmother / Godmother |
Piotr Machalica | Roman |
Artur Barcis | Young Man |
Hanna Chojnacka | Miroslawa |
Stanislaw Gawlik | Postman |
Tomasz Gradowski | (as T. Gradowski) |
Rafal Imbro | Bearded Man |
Jan Piechocinski | Blond Man |
Krzysztof Koperski | Gasman in Magda's Apartment |
Jaroslawa Michalewska | Post-Office Clerk |
Malgorzata Rozniatowska | Angry Postmaster |
Emilia Ziólkowska | Old Woman at Post-Office |
Anna Gornostaj | Nurse |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ryszard Chutkowski | Producer |