Krzysztof Kieślowski (June 27, 1941 – March 13, 1996) was an influential Polish film director and screenwriter known internationally for his television series "The Decalogue" (1989), and his feature films "The Double Life of Véronique" (1991), and the "Three Colours" trilogy (1993–1994). Kieślowski received numerous awards during his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1988), FIPRESCI Prize (1988, 1991), and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1991); the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (1989), Golden Lion (1993), and OCIC Award (1993); and the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear (1994). In 1995 he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writing. In 2002 Kieślowski was listed at number two on the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound Top Ten Directors list of modern times. Krzysztof Kieślowski died on 13 March 1996, He was 54.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 27, 1941
- March 13, 1996 (aged 54)
- Warsaw, General Government, German Reich [now Poland]
- Director and writer
- 13 on MovieCove · 70 credits in all
What are Krzysztof Kieślowski's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 9
A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 9 · Intense 3
Steady 8 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 5
A split, not a type: Easy watch 0 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 6
Resolved 1 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 6
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet7
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Krzysztof Kieślowski's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (10).
- A Short Film About Love (1988) · director, writer
- Three Colors: Red (1994) · director, writer
- Three Colors: Blue (1993) · director, writer
- A Short Film About Killing (1988) · director, writer
- Camera Buff (1979) · director, writer
- Blind Chance (1987) · director, writer
- Three Colors: White (1994) · director, writer
- The Double Life of Véronique (1991) · director, writer
- No End (1985) · director, writer
- The Scar (1976) · director, writer
Subscription and free streaming for Krzysztof Kieślowski's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
70 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Parallel Tales(2026)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Dwando (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Hope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Hell(2005)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Heaven(2002)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Big Animal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Horoscope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Love Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Short Working Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Three Colors: Red(1994)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Three Colors: White(1994)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Three Colors: Blue(1993)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
City Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Seven Days a Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Dekalog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue V (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue VI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue I (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue IV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue IX (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue VII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue VIII (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Decalogue X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
A Short Film About Love(1988)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Blind Chance(1987)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
No End(1985)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
The Calm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Talking Heads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Railway Station (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Camera Buff(1979)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Card Index (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
From a Night Porter's Point of View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Seven Women of Different Ages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
I Don't Know (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
The Scar(1976)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Two for the Seesaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Personnel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Slate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Curriculum Vitae (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Legend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
First Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Pedestrian Subway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
X-Ray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Bricklayer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
The Sun Rises Once a Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Checking the King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Between Wrocław and Zielona Góra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Culling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Refrain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
The Principles of Safety and Hygiene in a Copper Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Factory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
I Was a Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Before the Rally (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
From the City of Lodz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Photograph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Concert of Requests (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Hell and Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Don Gabriel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Tramway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Jeleń (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 70 titles, 69 of them dated from 1966 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Heaven (2002)
Highest rated
A Short Film About Love (1988)
Most popular right now
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Krzysztof Kieślowski's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 96th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 94th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up10
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 13 titles divides audiences: 8 are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved8
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the atmosphere 81/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 13 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Krzysztof Kieślowski's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films and violence & gore and profanity lighter.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Krzysztof Kieślowski work with?
People who share at least 2 of Krzysztof Kieślowski's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Krzysztof Piesiewicz shares the most, 10.
Writers
- Krzysztof PiesiewiczShared titles: Parallel Tales (2026), Hell (2005), Heaven (2002), Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994), Three Colors: Blue (1993), The Double Life of Véronique (1991), A Short Film About Killing (1988), A Short Film About Love (1988), No End (1985)See all 10 shared titles with Krzysztof Piesiewicz
- Agnieszka HollandShared titles: Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994), Three Colors: Blue (1993), The Scar (1976)See all 4 shared titles with Agnieszka Holland
- Edward ZebrowskiShared titles: Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994), Three Colors: Blue (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Edward Zebrowski
- Edward KłosińskiShared titles: Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994)See all 2 shared titles with Edward Kłosiński
Actors
- Jerzy StuhrShared titles: Three Colors: White (1994), Blind Chance (1987), Camera Buff (1979), The Scar (1976)See all 4 shared titles with Jerzy Stuhr
- Aleksander BardiniShared titles: Three Colors: White (1994), The Double Life of Véronique (1991), No End (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Aleksander Bardini
- Artur BarcisShared titles: A Short Film About Killing (1988), A Short Film About Love (1988), No End (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Artur Barcis
- Irène JacobShared titles: Three Colors: Red (1994), The Double Life of Véronique (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Irène Jacob
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Zbigniew PreisnerShared titles: Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994), Three Colors: Blue (1993), The Double Life of Véronique (1991), A Short Film About Killing (1988), A Short Film About Love (1988), No End (1985)See all 7 shared titles with Zbigniew Preisner
- Slawomir IdziakShared titles: Three Colors: Blue (1993), The Double Life of Véronique (1991), A Short Film About Killing (1988), The Scar (1976)See all 4 shared titles with Slawomir Idziak
- Jacques WittaShared titles: Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: Blue (1993), The Double Life of Véronique (1991)See all 3 shared titles with Jacques Witta
- Ewa SmalShared titles: A Short Film About Killing (1988), A Short Film About Love (1988)See all 2 shared titles with Ewa Smal
Producers
- Ryszard ChutkowskiShared titles: The Double Life of Véronique (1991), A Short Film About Killing (1988), A Short Film About Love (1988), No End (1985)See all 4 shared titles with Ryszard Chutkowski
- Marin KarmitzShared titles: Three Colors: Red (1994), Three Colors: White (1994), Three Colors: Blue (1993)See all 3 shared titles with Marin Karmitz
- Cédomir KolarShared titles: Hell (2005), Heaven (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Cédomir Kolar
- Marc BaschetShared titles: Hell (2005), Heaven (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Marc Baschet