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Man of Iron (1981)
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Drama, History · 2h 27m
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.
Cast
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Maciek Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut
Krystyna Janda
Agnieszka
Marian Opania
Winkel
Irena Byrska
matka Hulewicz
Wiesława Kosmalska
Wiesława Hulewicz
Bogusław Linda
Dzidek
Franciszek Trzeciak
Badecki
Janusz Gajos
zastępca szefa Radiokomitetu
Andrzej Seweryn
kapitan Wirski
Marek Kondrat
Grzenda
Jerzy Trela
Antoniak, działacz opozycji
Krzysztof Janczar
Kryska, przyjaciel Maćka w 1970
Crew
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Writer
- Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
- Director of Photography
- Edward Kłosiński
- Original Music Composer
- Andrzej Korzyński
- Editor
- Halina Prugar-Ketling
Details
- Original title
- Człowiek z żelaza
- Release date
- 1981-07-27
- Runtime
- 2h 27m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- PL
- Spoken languages
- Polish, Hungarian
- Countries
- Poland
- Production
- Zespół Filmowy "X"
- Box office
- $492,035