Thoughtless bureaucracy will reach people even after their death. Someone might die, but bureaucracy will live on. In an ordinary Warsaw funeral parlour we see its workers discussing the coffin and documents as something trivial, as if it were a purchase in a store, while the relatives of the deceased are suffering real grief.

The films in the first Krzysztof Kieślowski: a documentary biography parts of the Kieślowski retrospective are available for watching only together, without a break between them.

Introduction 00:00-3:07

The Factory 3:08-22:01

Curriculum Vitae 22:02-1:05:07

X-ray 1:05:08-1:17:34

Refrain 1:17:35-1:28

Talking Heads 1:28:01-1:42:43