Czlowiek z zelaza 1981
a.k.a Man of Iron- Part of Man of Marble/Iron Franchise
Czlowiek z zelaza Director : Andrzej Wajda
Czlowiek z zelaza Plot
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist 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 the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.
Czlowiek z zelaza Cast
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as Maciek Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut -
as Agnieszka -
as Winkel -
as Matka Hulewicz -
as Wiesława Hulewicz -
as Badecki -
as Wirski -
as Grzenda -
as Antoniak -
as Actress
Czlowiek z zelaza Latest Trailers
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Czowiek z elaza Zwiastun Man of Iron Trailer
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[contains spoilers]
Man of Iron (Polish: Człowiek z żelaza) is a 1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize the workers' right to an independent union.
The film continues the story of Maciej Tomczyk, the son of Mateusz Birkut, the protagonist of Wajda's earlier film, Man of Marble. Here, Maciej is a young worker involved in the anti-Communist labour movement, described as "the man who started the Gdańsk Shipyard strike", and a journalist working for the Communist regime's radio station, who is given a task of slandering Maciej. The young man is clearly intended as a parallel to Lech Wałęsa (who... |
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