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Czlowiek z marmuru (1977)
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Aleksander Scibor-Rylski (writer)
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25 February 1977 (Poland)
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In 1976, a young woman in Krakow is making her diploma film, looking behind the scenes at the life of a 1950s bricklayer...
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Not on par with Wajda's finest
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jerzy Radziwilowicz | ... | Mateusz Birkut / Maciej Tomczyk | |
| Krystyna Janda | ... | Agnieszka | |
| Tadeusz Lomnicki | ... | Jerzy Burski | |
| Jacek Lomnicki | ... | Young Burski | |
| Michal Tarkowski | ... | Wincenty Witek | |
| Piotr Cieslak | ... | Michalak | |
| Wieslaw Wójcik | ... | Jodla | |
| Krystyna Zachwatowicz | ... | Hanka | |
| Magda Teresa Wójcik | ... | Editor | |
| Boguslaw Sobczuk | ... | TV Producer | |
| Leonard Zajaczkowski | ... | Leonard Zajaczkowski, Cameraman | |
| Jacek Domanski | ... | Soundman | |
| Irena Laskowska | ... | Museum Employee | |
| Zdzislaw Kozien | ... | Agnieszka's Father | |
| Wieslaw Drzewicz | ... | Hanka's Husband |
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165 min | USA:160 min
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Referenced in Lekcja polskiego kina (2002)
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Andrzej Wajda has always impressed me, and his war trilogy are among the best and most essential films in the history of cinema, but "Man of Marble" is an ambitious, interesting idea that isn't realized very well in script or in terms of the finished product.
The most interesting aspect of "Man of Marble" outside of the much-examined similarities to "Citizen Kane" is how subversive it is. I wonder how this was ever released in Poland at the time, and the scenes in the film where I felt Wajda really did succeed as a director is where he contrasts Soviet propaganda with the actual events- very powerful. Wajda fails more than he succeeds with this particular film though, it's a disjointed narrative and it takes tremendous skill to keep the audience interested in both stories. Sure, one may argue that "Man of Marble" isn't intended as entertainment, but even in the context of art-house cinema this film is only engaging in parts, with Agnieszka's attempt to make this film ending up far more interesting than the film she's making.
I can see where Wajda is going with the way he shot this film, but it just doesn't work very well, and the score for this film has to be one of the worst matches I've ever come across. It's ludicrous.
Something of a companion piece by the same writer and director, I found "Man of Iron" far more engaging and impressive.
5/10