Man of Marble (1977)
Czlowiek z marmuru (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 45min
- Drama
- 25 Feb 1977 (Poland)
- Movie
A young Polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared.
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Awards:
- 4 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Jerzy Radziwilowicz | ... |
Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
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| Krystyna Janda | ... |
Agnieszka
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| Tadeusz Lomnicki | ... |
Jerzy Burski
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Jacek Lomnicki | ... |
Young Burski
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| Michal Tarkowski | ... |
Wincenty Witek
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Piotr Cieslak | ... |
Michalak
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| Wieslaw Wójcik | ... |
Jodla
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| Krystyna Zachwatowicz | ... |
Hanka
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| Magda Teresa Wójcik | ... |
Editor
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| Boguslaw Sobczuk | ... |
TV Producer
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Leonard Zajaczkowski | ... |
Leonard Zajaczkowski, Cameraman
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| Jacek Domanski | ... |
Soundman
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| Irena Laskowska | ... |
Museum Employee
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| Zdzislaw Kozien | ... |
Agnieszka's Father
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| Wieslaw Drzewicz | ... |
Hanka's Husband
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| Kazimierz Kaczor | ... |
Colonel
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| Ewa Zietek | ... |
Secretary
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| Elzbieta Borkowska | ... |
Casting Attendant
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| Mieczyslaw Grabka | ... |
Reader (voice)
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| Andrzej Graziewicz | ... |
Judge
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Edmund Karwanski | ... |
Prosecutor
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Stefania Kornacka | ... |
(as S. Kornacka)
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| Henryk Lapinski | ... |
Pawlusiak
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Jerzy Moniak | ... |
Engineer Moniak
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Irena Oberska |
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Zbigniew Ploszaj | ... |
Operator
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| Maciej Rayzacher | ... |
Chairman
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Juliusz Roland | ... |
Defendant
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| Andrzej Seweryn | ... |
Reader (voice)
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| Grzegorz Skurski | ... |
Driver
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| Dorota Stalinska | ... |
Journalist
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Mariusz Swigon | ... |
Building Technician
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| Zdzislaw Szymborski | ... |
Official
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| Krystyna Wolanska | ... |
Caretaker
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Andrzej Wykretowicz | ... |
Architect
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| Feliks Falk | ... |
Awarded Filmmaker (uncredited)
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Stanislaw Frackowiak | ... |
Party Official (uncredited)
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| Krzysztof Kiersznowski | ... |
Official (uncredited)
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| Jaroslaw Kopaczewski | ... |
Worker (uncredited)
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Stanislaw Michalik | ... |
Judge (uncredited)
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Roman Szczeblewski | ... |
Extras (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Andrzej Wajda | ||
Written by
| Aleksander Scibor-Rylski | ... | () |
Produced by
| Andrzej Wajda | ... | producer |
Music by
| Andrzej Korzynski | ||
Cinematography by
| Edward Klosinski | ||
Editing by
| Halina Prugar-Ketling | ||
Production Design by
| Wojciech Majda | ||
| Allan Starski | ||
Set Decoration by
| Maria Osiecka-Kuminek | ||
Costume Design by
| Lidia Rzeszewska | ||
| Wieslawa Starska | ... | (as Wieslawa Konopelska) |
Makeup Department
| Anna Adamek | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Agnieszka Holland | ... | first assistant director |
| Witold Holtz | ... | second unit director |
Sound Department
| Piotr Zawadzki | ... | sound |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (1977) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- New Yorker Films (1981) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitles)
- New Yorker Video (1990) (United States) (VHS) (pan-and-sca with enhamced subtitkes)
- Vanguard Cinema (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Filmes Lusomundo (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Herald Film Company (1980) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Norma-Vigo (1979) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet (1980) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Kinokuniya shoten (2014) (Japan) (DVD)
- NHK-BS2 (1992) (Japan) (tv)
- Second Run (2014) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- New Yorker Video (VHS artwork)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In 1976, a young woman in Krakow is making her diploma film, looking behind the scenes at the life of a 1950s bricklayer, Birkut, who was briefly a proletariat hero, at how that heroism was created, and what became of him. She gets hold of outtakes and censored footage and interviews the man's friends, ex-wife, and the filmmaker who made him a hero. A portrait of Birkut emerges: he believed in the workers' revolution, in building housing for all, and his very virtues were his undoing. Her hard-driving style and the content of the film unnerve her supervisor, who kills the project with the excuse she's over budget. Is there any way she can push the film to completion?
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The award Burski is flaunting at the airport on his return was Wajda's own award, hence Burski is a mock self-portrait. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Every Man for Himself (1981). See more » |