Product Details

• Actors: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Boguslawa Pawelec, Marzena Trybala
• Directors: Krzysztof Kieslowski
• Writers: Krzysztof Kieslowski
• Producers: Jacek Szeligowski
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: Polish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Kino Video
• DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004
• Run Time: 114 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002CHIB0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,517 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Blind Chance" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A work of genius on several levels, February 24, 2006

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Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blind Chance (DVD)

"Blind Chance" is my favorite film directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. The story is deep and meaningful, yet also has a timeless quality that makes the story very memorable. A young Boguslaw Linda plays the main role in the film with an outstanding and sincere performance. The film shows three alternative situations and how small details can make a man's life take various paths.

In one scenario the man becomes a Communist party member, another an anticommunist, and yet in a third a good husband and doctor. The people from one reality are in the background of another, but because of the main course of action taken is different, they do not play a central role in the other time line. I found it absolutely fascinating to see how his lives play out and how he ends up at the same fate, regardless of which life he leads.

"Blind Chance" is an intellectual and psychological movie and may appeal to many people. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a little more than just a regular story. It is a work of genius on several levels and not to be missed.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Simple twist of fate, August 25, 2004

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Flipper Campbell (Miami Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blind Chance (DVD)

"Blind Chance" (made in 1981) explores three possible outcomes of a young traveler's attempts to catch a fast-moving train. Paranoia runs deep in this, the most political of Krzysztof Kieslowski's early feature films (its release was delayed for years because of censors). Boguslaw Linda is terrific as the resourceful medical student slapped around by fate. This is one of four recent additions to Kino's Kieslowski collection -- along with "No End," "Camera Buff" and "The Scar" -- all of which show that the Polish master's writing and directing skills arrived almost fully formed when he turned to feature films. Each of the films benefits from a powerful central performance. They are products of the 1970s and '80s, a time of vast sociopolitical changes in Poland, but are not timepieces or simplistic attacks on the communists. The color images (full frame, enhanced for widescreen TVs) and sound are adequate. Subtitles are clear.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blind Chance, July 6, 2007

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John Farr - See all my reviews
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Banned upon its release in 1982, Kieslowski's engrossing drama is a sly commentary on Poland's uncertain future under Stalinist repression. In separate sequences, Witek alternately joins the Communist Party, becomes a dissident, and settles down to a quiet, apolitical life with a lovely woman, with each turn of events hinging on the accidents of fate. An intelligent ruse that inspired later films like "Facing Windows" and "Run, Lola, Run," Kieslowski's "Blind Chance" is an intriguing, multilayered entertainment with a lot on its mind.