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Jonathan Adams | ... | Gwiazda | |
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John Antrobus | ... | 1st. Witness |
Peter Bayliss | ... | Barcikowski | |
John Bluthal | ... | Babiuch | |
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Robert Bridges | ... | Kubikov |
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Robert Cartland | ... | Szydiak |
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Stuart Cox | ... | General Jaruzelski's Secretary |
Richard Crenna | ... | The Narrator | |
Mark Dignam | ... | 2nd. Witness | |
Frank Ellis | ... | Miner | |
Jon Glover | ... | Picket | |
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Gordon Gostelow | ... | Mazowiecki |
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Michael Harbour | ... | Lis |
Don Henderson | ... | Kuron | |
Bernard Hill | ... | Lech Walesa |
An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.
In my opinion this one of Stoppards best works. I'm amazed that it has become almost invisible . it can't be found on disc . I've watched it on tape several times . It is a terrific reference point for anyone even slightly interested in the initial confrontations between "Solidarity" and the (then) Communistregime in Warsaw . The USSR's background machinations as a sub-plot are amusing too in the light of history .
While the film ends on a Bleak note (half a dozen years before the fall of the "Wall") , it was certainly a harbinger of things to come .
And , with the irony of the current confrontation between the EU and Poland over Gdansk's future , "Squaring the Circle" should be of interest for anyone involved . Brusells is about to do what Breshnev et Cie failed to do....bringing that pesky shipyard to it knees.
>>>>>>>>>>>Joel Laykin , HK