Man of Marble

Feb 25, 1977

2h 33m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zespół Filmowy "X"

Man of Marble Trailers

Cast

Agnieszka

Krystyna Janda

Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Jerzy Burski

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Jerzy Burski (young)

Jacek Lomnicki

Witek

Michał Tarkowski

Michalak

Piotr Cieślak

Jodła

Wiesław Wójcik

Hanka Tomczyk

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Editor

Magda Teresa Wójcik

TV Editor

Bogusław Sobczuk

Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP

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