Decalogue
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Decalogue see Ten Commandments .
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Decalogue
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
DECALOGUE See DEKALOG
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decalogue
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
decalogue the Ten Commandments. XIV. — F. décalogue or ecclL. decalogus — Gr. dekálogos , orig. fem. adj. (sc. biblos book), f. DECA- + lógos saying.
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Dekalog
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
DEKALOG (Decalogue) Poland, 1988 Director: Krzysztof Kie ś lowski Production ... running time: 10 films 53 – 57 minutes each. Released 1989. Decalogue 5 and Decalogue 6 released theatrically in 1989 as A Short Film About Killing ...
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Ten Commandments
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
or Decalogue [Gr.,=ten words], in the Bible, the summary of divine law given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai. They have a paramount place in the ...
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Preisner, Zbigniew
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
... credited as Van den Budenmayer. Composed music for Dekalog ( The Decalogue ), TV series, 1986 – 88. Awards: Silver Berlin Bear ... Kieslowski's No End (1984), for the acclaimed TV series The Decalogue (1986 – 1988, as well as for the film spin-offs of ...
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