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Writers:
Andreas Pflüger
Sylke Rene Meyer (biography)
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Release Date:
23 February 2007 (Poland) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
A nearly illiterate woman becomes one of the founders of Poland's Solidarity union. | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination See more »
NewsDesk:
Red Envelope, Laemmle go for 'Strike'
 (From The Hollywood Reporter. 24 May 2007)
User Reviews:
Solidarity remembered See more (6 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
Katharina Thalbach ... Agnieszka Kowalska
Dominique Horwitz ... Kazimierz

Andrzej Chyra ... Lech Walesa
Wojciech Solarz ... Krystian (Jugendlicher)
Raphael Remstedt ... Krystian als Kind
Marta Straszewska ... Maria
Ewa Telega ... Mirka
Dariusz Kowalski ... Bochnak
Barbara Kurzaj ... Elwira
Maria Maj ... Chomska
Krzysztof Kiersznowski ... Mateusz
Andrzej Grabowski ... Sobieski
Wojciech Pszoniak ... Kaminski
Adam Trela ... Jaglelski
Jowita Miondlikowska ... Dobrowolska
Joanna Bogacka ... Szymborska

Marek Brodzki ... Professor
Elzbetia Delk ... Double Agnieszka
Magdalena Boc ... Arbeiterin
Hubert Duszynoki ... Aufseher
Katarzyna Filimoniuk ... Journalistin

Henryk Golebiewski ... Marek
Krzysztof Gordona ... Funktionär 1980
Janvszo Czech ... Funktionär 1980
Marta Kalmus ... Arbeiterin
Izabela Gulbierz ... Ärztin
Piotr Gulbierz ... Aufseher
Wojciech Kalarus ... Lehrer
Dorota Kolak ... Kaminska
Hubert Koprowicz ... Arbeiter
Elzbieta Mrozinska ... Sekretärin des Direktors
Julia Popkiewicz ... Arbeiterin
Magdalena Smalara ... Renata
Anna Wydra ... Lechs Gattin
Patrycja Zlonek ... Arbeiterin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Volker Schlöndorff ... Radiosprecher (uncredited)
Florian Staniewski ... (uncredited)
Bogdan Suligowski ... Worker (uncredited)
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Directed by
Volker Schlöndorff 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Sylke Rene Meyer  biography
Andreas Pflüger 

Produced by
Janusz B. Czech .... line producer
Jürgen Haase .... producer
Wolfgang Plehn .... executive producer
Alexander Ris .... co-producer
Jörg Rothe .... co-producer
Marianna Rowinska .... associate producer
Maciej Slesicki .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Jean-Michel Jarre 
 
Cinematography by
Andreas Höfer 
 
Film Editing by
Peter Przygodda 
Wanda Zeman 
 
Casting by
Ewa Brodzka 
 
Production Design by
Robert Czesak 
 
Costume Design by
Ewa Krauze 
 
Makeup Department
Wolfgang Böge .... makeup artist
Monika Chojnacka .... makeup artist
Beatrix John .... makeup artist
Gabriela Maciejowska .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Malgorzata Jurczak .... production manager
Cornelia Schacht .... assistant production manager
Anna Wydra .... assistant production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marek Brodzki .... first assistant director
Ralph Remstedt .... second assistant director
 
Sound Department
Hubert Bartholomae .... sound
Christian Czako .... boom operator
Frank Heidbrink .... sound mixer
Pit Kuhlmann .... sound supervisor
 
Stunts
Robert Brzezinski Jr. .... stunts
Tomasz Krzemieniecki .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Maciej Giemza .... lighting technician
Jörg Güntner .... assistant camera
Norbert Kuhröber .... still photographer
Maciej Lisiecki .... still photographer
Max Penzel .... director of photography: second unit
Nils Rausch .... electrician
Arite Szadkowski .... assistant camera: second unit
 
Editorial Department
Jochen Kölsch .... commissioning editor: BR/Arte
 
Other crew
Christopher Berg .... project coordinator: ARRI
Hubert Koprowicz .... set manager
Inga Kruk .... production coordinator
Katarzyna Trzaska .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Strajk - Die Heldin von Danzig" - Germany (original title)
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Runtime:
Germany:104 min
Country:
Germany | Poland
Language:
English | Polish | German
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Certification:
Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Gdansk Shipyards, Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
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14 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
Solidarity remembered, 6 November 2007
Author: Bob Taylor (bob998@sympatico.ca) from Canada

Volker Schlondorff has directed a gripping account of the slow progress of the worker's movement in Poland over roughly 20 years, from the discontent of the Sixties to the open rebellion of the Eighties, eventually led by Lech Walesa. The Lenin shipyards in Gdansk are filmed to look appropriately forbidding--the accident that claims the lives of 21 workers in 1970 is very well staged. The cynicism of the Party bosses, the apathy and drunkenness of the workers and the passion of Agnieszka, the crane operator who provides much of the impetus for change: these things are brought out vividly.

Katharina Thalbach gives a fine performance as the worker who's not going to take any more, Andrzej Chyra is very good as Walesa and Pope John Paul II puts in an appearance via news footage.

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