The Three Colors trilogy

The three-color trilogy is a film trilogy that was created by the Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski in the years 1993 and 1994. They were the last films of the late 1996 Kieślowski.

Kieślowski used in these filmed in France, Poland and Switzerland films, the three colors of the French national flag ( tricolor ) as title and the three elements of the French choice award, freedom, equality and fraternity as the motive of each film. Much like in his series Decalogue these issues but were implemented deliberately ambiguous and with an ironic undertone.

All three films were not only rotated substantially simultaneously, but also play the same time at different locations. The main characters of the three films are so indicates the end of the third part, both survivors of a ferry disaster. Similarly, there are " meetings " of the films themselves. To play a scene in blue in a courthouse. Julie (Juliette Binoche ) accidentally enters a courtroom in which just held a hearing of white, you can just look into the hall and see the main cast in white and hears the phrase, " Where is the equality? ". In White, this scene is shown from the perspective of the negotiation hall, so you can see the "foreign" actress who looks in the door.

Individual movies

• Three Colors: Blue ( Trois couleurs: Bleu ), 1993, motif of freedom ( liberté )
• Three Colors: White ( Trzy kolory: Bialy ), 1993, subject to the equality ( egalité )
• Three Colors: Red ( Trois couleurs: Rouge ), 1994, subject to the brotherhood ( fraternité )