A worker becomes a "man of iron" forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change. ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jerzy Radziwilowicz | ... | Maciej Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut | |
| Krystyna Janda | ... | Agnieszka | |
| Marian Opania | ... | Winkel | |
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Wieslawa Kosmalska | ... | Wieslawa Hulewicz |
| Irena Byrska | ... | Matka Hulewicz | |
| Boguslaw Linda | ... | Dzidek | |
| Lech Walesa | ... | Lech Walesa | |
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Anna Walentynowicz | ... | Anna Walentynowicz |
| Jerzy Borowczak | ... | Stanislaw J. Borowczak (as Stanislaw J. Borowczak) | |
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Zbigniew Lis | ... | Zbigniew Lis |
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Teodor Kudla | ... | Teodor Kudla |
| Franciszek Trzeciak | ... | Badecki | |
| Janusz Gajos | ... | Z-Ca Szefa | |
| Andrzej Seweryn | ... | Kapt. Wirski | |
| Marek Kondrat | ... | Grzenda | |
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A worker becomes a "man of iron" forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change. In Warsaw in 1980, the Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews people who know Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka. Their narrations become flashbacks using actual news footage of 1968 and 1970 protests and of the later birth of free unions and Solidarity. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Country:
PolandLanguage:
PolishRelease Date:
27 July 1981 (Poland) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Gross USA:
$492,035Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$492,035Company Credits
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Music by Andrzej Korzynski
Lyrics by M. Cholwa
Performed by Krystyna Janda (vocal), Jacek Kaczmarski (guitar), Przemyslaw Gintrowski (guitar)
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The film got an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. However, because of the martial law in Poland, the communist authorities decided to withdraw it from competing for the award as they didn't want it to represent Poland. The winner in the category was eventually the Hungarian film "Mephisto", which previously lost the Golden Palm at Cannes with Wajda's movie. See more »Quotes
Agnieszka: The really nice thing is not being afraid of anything. Even in the slammer you know at least they can't lock you up.See more »
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Ballada o Janku WisniewskimMusic by Andrzej Korzynski
Lyrics by M. Cholwa
Performed by Krystyna Janda (vocal), Jacek Kaczmarski (guitar), Przemyslaw Gintrowski (guitar)
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A great movie about Poland's history containing also authentic material from the civil disorders. The movie handles also the viewpoint of individual in communist system. Screenplay is great.
Nine stars out of ten.