| Description |
2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (57 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 359.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital stereo.; widescreen format (1.66:1); high definition digital. |
| Language |
In Polish & French, with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Irene Jacob, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Dumas. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Sławomir Idziak ; editing, Jacques Witta ; original music by Zbigniew Preisner. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. |
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"Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs" -- Container. |
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Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf; U.S. ending; 3 short documentary films by Kieślowski ("Factory", 1970 ; "Hospital", 1976; "Railway station", 1980); "The musicians" (1958), a short documentary film by Kazimierz Karabasz (Kieślowski's teacher). |
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Special features (disc 2): "Kieślowski - dialogue" documentary film (about the making of the film, 1991, 53 min.); "1966-1988 : Kieślowski, cinéaste Polonais" documentary film (about Kieślowski's early directorial career in Poland, 2005, 31 min.); new video interviews with cinematographer Sławomir Idziak (24 min.), composer Zbigniew Preisner (21 min.) & actress Irène Jacob (17 min.). |
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Booklet includes essays by Jonathan Romney ("Through the looking glass"), Slavoj Žižek ("The forced choice of freedom"), Peter Cowie ("Kieślowski's muse"), & Krzysztof Kieślowski ("Pure emotions : The double life of Véronique'", excerpted from the book "Kieślowski on Kieślowski"). |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Summary |
Weronika is a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, is a French music teacher. Though they are unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond. |
| Subject |
Women -- Drama.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (POLISH), VIDEODISCS.
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FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Subject |
Feature films -- Poland.
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Polish language materials. |
| Genre |
Feature films.
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Polish language materials.
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| Added Author |
Fuente, Leonardo de la.
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Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996.
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Piesiewicz, Krzysztof, 1945-
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Jacob, Irène.
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Volter, Philippe.
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Dumas Brekke, Sandrine.
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Idziak, Slawomir.
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Preisner, Zbigniew.
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Insdorf, Annette.
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Karabasz, Kazimierz.
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Romney, Jonathan.
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Žižek, Slavoj.
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Cowie, Peter.
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Sidéral Productions.
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Studio Canal+.
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Zespół Filmowy TOR.
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Norsk Film AS.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Double life of Véronique |
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Double vie de Veronique |
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Factory.
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Hospital.
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Railway station.
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Musicians.
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Kieślowski - dialogue.
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1966-1988 : Kieślowski, cinéaste Polonais.
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Through the looking glass.
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Forced choice of freedom.
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Kieślowski's muse.
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Pure emotions : The double life of Véronique.
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| ISBN |
1934121053 |
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9781934121054 |
| Standard No. |
715515020725 |
| Music No. |
CC1657D Criterion Collection |
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