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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   9,387 votes
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Writers:
Krzysztof Kieslowski (writer) &
Krzysztof Piesiewicz (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
22 November 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
Each of us is matched somewhere in the world, by our exact double - someone who shares our thoughts and dreams
Plot:
Veronika lives in Poland. Veronique lives in Paris. They don't know each other. Veronika gets a place in a music school... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
The Music and Irène Jacob more (72 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Irène Jacob ... Weronika / Véronique
Halina Gryglaszewska ... La Tante
Kalina Jedrusik ... La femme barjolée
Aleksander Bardini ... Le chef d'orchestre / Conductor
Wladyslaw Kowalski ... Le père de Weronika / Weronika's father
Jerzy Gudejko ... Antek
Janusz Sterninski ... L'avocat / Lawyer (as Jan Sterninski)
Philippe Volter ... Alexandre Fabbri
Sandrine Dumas ... Catherine
Louis Ducreux ... Le professeur / Professor
Claude Duneton ... Le père de Véronique / Father of Véronique

Lorraine Evanoff ... Claude
Guillaume de Tonquedec ... Serge
Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus ... Jean-Pierre
Alain Frérot ... Le facteur / Postman
Youssef Hamid ... Le cheminot / Railwayman
Thierry de Carbonnières ... Le prof / Professor
Chantal Neuwirth ... La réceptionniste / Receptionist
Nausicaa Rampony ... Nicole
Boguslawa Schubert ... La femme au chapeau / Woman with hat
Jacques Potin ... L'homme au manteau gris / Man with grey coat
Nicole Pinaud
Philippe Campos
Beata Malczewska
Dominika Szady
Barbara Szalapak
Jacek Wójcicki
Lucyna Zabawa
Wanda Kruszewska

Bernadetta Kus ... Pauline Monier
Pauline Monier
Anna Gornostaj ... Weronika (Polish voice) (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katarzyna Gajdarska
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Directed by
Krzysztof Kieslowski 
 
Writing credits
Krzysztof Kieslowski (writer) &
Krzysztof Piesiewicz (writer)

Produced by
Ryszard Chutkowski .... executive producer: Poland
Leonardo De La Fuente .... producer
Bernard-P. Guiremand .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Zbigniew Preisner 
 
Cinematography by
Slawomir Idziak 
 
Film Editing by
Jacques Witta 
 
Casting by
Margot Capelier 
Caroline Castelain 
 
Production Design by
Patrice Mercier 
 
Costume Design by
Laurence Brignon 
Claudia Fellous  (as Claudy Fellous)
Elzbieta Radke 
 
Makeup Department
Iwona Maria Karpinska .... makeup artist
Jolanta Stachecka .... makeup artist
Agnès Tassel .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Brigitte Chaussade .... unit manager
Wlodzimierz Dziatkiewicz .... unit manager
Pierre-Yves Ferrandis .... unit manager
Christine Gaymay .... unit manager
Thibault Leflaive .... unit manager
Gérard Monier .... unit manager
Laurent Salotti .... unit manager
Ryszard Straszewski .... production manager
Daniel Szuster .... production manager: France
Krzysztof Zanussi .... production supervisor
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Teresa Violetta Buhl .... assistant director
Maria Czartoryska .... assistant director
Pascale Dallet .... assistant director
Serge Dupuy-Malbray .... assistant director (as Serge Dupuy Malbray)
Pascal Mounier .... assistant director
Griegorz Okrasa .... assistant director
Jacques Reboud .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Marie José Arnautin .... painter
Pascal Aubin .... painter
Benoît Barouh .... assistant decorator
Magdalena Dipont .... set dresser
Halina Dobrowolska .... assistant production designer
Emmanuelle Dubarry .... painter
Sébastien Duvernet .... painter
Marie Mercier Bourboulon .... set dresser (as Marie Bourboulon)
Sylvie Salmon .... set dresser
Gilles Ségurel .... property master
Laurent Tesseyre .... assistant decorator
 
Sound Department
Michèle Catonné .... sound editor
Roger Di Ponio .... sound
William Flageollet .... sound mixer
Jack Jullian .... foley artist
Jean-Pierre Lelong .... foley artist
Patrick Lemaire .... cable person
Mario Melchiorri .... foley artist
François de Morant .... sound
Didier Pêcheur .... sound
Patrice Séverac .... post-synchronization engineer
Edith Vassard .... sound editor
 
Stunts
Ryszard Janikowski .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Marek Arkusinski .... lighting technician
Muriel Coulin .... assistant camera
Roland Dondin .... lighting technician
Jean-Claude Gage .... lighting technician
Patrick Gasché .... lighting technician
Dariusz Grywacz .... lighting technician
André Haidant .... grip
Henryk Jedynak .... assistant camera
Monika Jeziorowska .... still photographer
Zygmunt Lewandowski .... grip
Rafal Okyne .... lighting technician
Andrzej Paluszynski .... dolly grip
Kazimierz Pawlak .... lighting technician
Miroslaw Sas .... grip
Albert Vasseur .... grip
 
Casting Department
Catherine Maloubier .... extras casting: France
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tomasz Kowalski .... assistant dresser
Henryk Puchalski .... assistant dresser
Wojciech Wolniak .... assistant dresser
 
Editorial Department
Aïlo Auguste-Judith .... assistant editor (as Aïlo Auguste)
Michele D'Attoma .... assistant editor
Urszula Lesiak .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Elzbieta Towarnicka .... musician: soprano
William Flageollet .... score mixer (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Frédéric Cabaud .... administrator
Sandrine Canaux .... location manager
Alejandro de la Fuente .... production advisor
Ewa Gawlowska .... assistant interpreter
Anna Ignatiuk .... production assistant
Lucile Joly .... production assistant
Lucille Joly .... production secretary
Ruben Korenfeld .... production advisor
Anna Kowalska .... administrator
Jacek Kucharski .... stage manager: Poland
Elizabeth De La Fuente .... production advisor
Greta Lahaje .... production advisor
Marcin Latallo .... polish dialog adaptation
Stan Latek .... assistant to director
Raymond Parizer .... production advisor
Colette Pedanou-Bernasconi .... administrator
Christine Raffa-Catonné .... script supervisor (as Christine Raffa)
Euzebia Rubaszewska-Kocwin .... production assistant (as Euzebia Rubaszewska)
Bruce Schwartz .... puppet maker
Ewa Sikora .... production assistant
Agniesca Skawinska .... production assistant
Elzbieta Slupinska .... production assistant
Jolanta Stec .... production assistant
Cécile Tostivint .... administrator
Józef Tutaj .... production assistant
Machef Wojtulewicz .... production assistant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Podwójne życie Weroniki (Poland)
Podwojne zycie Weroniki (Poland)
The Double Life of Veronique (USA)
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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
France | Poland | Norway
Language:
French | Polish | Italian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Kieslowski originally wanted Andie MacDowell to play Veronique. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Weronika is at the window of the bus, she holds some papers up to Antek, who is on a motorcycle. The angle she's holding the papers at alternates from perfectly straight to slightly askew as the shot alternates repeatedly from back to front. more
Quotes:
Weronika: What else do you want to know about me?
Antek: Everything
Weronika: [picks up her purse and gently dumps the contents on the bed in front of him]
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Pól serio (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Verso il cielo more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
The Music and Irène Jacob, 23 April 2007
9/10
Author: Fataneh from Islamic Republic of Iran

"The Double Life of Veronique" is also focusing on the connection made between two people like Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy or his heaven,hell and Purgatory.But it is not about two people with a strong bond or two twins.The two girls are not merely soul mates,they're two versions of the same person.Like an old belief that after we die, our body will appear in different circumstances and live a new life.(in here they live two different life simultaneously).

The power of music in Kieslowski's film is inevitable.The scenes are not significant by themselves,the impact of the ideas and images with the powerful music make the film special.Kieslowski well used colors and camera filters to create an ethereal atmosphere which was very helpful in creating the films sense .I think the music and Irène Jacob performance were the most outstanding pieces of the film.

The central question of the film is "Is it just a matter of chance that one thinks and acts as one does?..Is there something as free will?"...It is a question of our lives too.

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