Man of Iron

Jul 27, 1981

2h 27m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Zespół Filmowy "X"

Man of Iron Trailers

Cast

Maciek Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Agnieszka

Krystyna Janda

Winkel

Marian Opania

matka Hulewicz

Irena Byrska

Wiesława Hulewicz

Wiesława Kosmalska

Dzidek

Bogusław Linda

Badecki

Franciszek Trzeciak

zastępca szefa Radiokomitetu

Janusz Gajos

kapitan Wirski

Andrzej Seweryn

Grzenda

Marek Kondrat

Antoniak, działacz opozycji

Jerzy Trela

Kryska, przyjaciel Maćka w 1970

Krzysztof Janczar

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