Decalogue 10: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods

Krzysztof Kieslowski's DECALOGUE, a series of short films made for Polish television and inspired by the Ten Commandments, concludes with a black-humored illustration of the commandment "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods."

Jerzy (Jerzy Stuhr) and Artur (Zbigniew Zamachowski), two brothers who haven't seen much of each other in recent years, are reunited by the death of their father, a miser who sacrificed his family and his life for his stamp collection. When their father's acquaintance Bromski offers to cancel a substantial debt in exchange for some of the stamps, the brothers suspect that the collection may be worth something. Little do they know: inve...