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Man of Iron 1981

Synopsis

The continuation of Wajda\'s picture of 1976 – "Man of Marble" ("Człowiek z marmuru"). The year 1980. Workers of the Gdansk Shipyard are on strike. The son of Mateusz Birkut, Maciek Tomczyk, is one of the shipyard workers and also an activist of the strike committee. Winkel, a radio reporter, is given an assignment to make a report which would disgrace Tomczyk and the strike committee...

Awards

1981 – Cannes International Film Festival – the Palme d\'Or
1981 – Cannes International Film Festival – Ecumenical Jury Award
1981 – Polish Film Festival in Gdańsk (currently Gdynia Film Festival) – "Solidarity" Award
1981 – Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów – Silver Grape – special award granted by Łagów inhabitants and the management of the festival.
1982 – The Oscar® Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category

About

Year of production:

1981

Genre:

Political drama

Premiere:

27-07-1981

Technical specs:

Color, 147 min.

Production:

X Film Production

Filmmakers

Directed by:

Andrzej Wajda

Written by:

Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

Cinematography by:

Edward Kłosiński

Edited by:

Halina Prugar

Music by:

Andrzej Korzyński

Sound by:

Piotr Zawadzki

Set Decoration by:

Allan Starski

Costume Designer:

Wiesława Starska

Production Manager:

Barbara Pec-Ślesicka

Cast

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz (Maciek Tomczyk, Birkut\'s son – Mateusz Birkut),
Krystyna Janda (Agnieszka),
Marian Opania (Winkel),
Irena Byrska (mother Hulewicz),
Wiesława Kosmalska (Wiesława Hulewicz),
Bogusław Linda (Dzidek),
Franciszek Trzeciak (Badecki),
Janusz Gajos (vice president of the Radiocomittee),
Andrzej Seweryn (captain Wirski),
Marek Kondrat (Grzenda),
Jerzy Trela (Antoniak, opposition activist),
Krzysztof Janczar (Kryska, Maciek\'s friend in 1970),
Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda (Hanka Tomczyk, Birkut\'s wife),
Bogusław Sobczuk (TV journalist),
Wojciech Alaborski (head of personnel division),
Leonard Andrzejewski (SB officer at Birkut\'s funeral),
Artur Barciś (student),
Zbigniew Buczkowski (driver of the Radiocomitte\'s president),
Jacek Domański (television worker),
Bożena Dykiel (personnel worker),
Adam Ferency (shipyard worker),
Andrzej Gawroński,
Lech Grzmociński (driver, SB officer),
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski (shipyard worker),
Magdalena Jarosz,
Michał Juszczakiewicz (young shipyard worker),
Witold Kałuski,
Jerzy Kiszkis,
Maja Komorowska (actress reciting Miłosz\'s poem),
A. Komornicka,
Helena Kowalczyk (checker),
Irena Kownas (woman being prepared for the radio program),
Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz (pre-school teacher from Elbląg to appear on television),
Krzysztof Machowski (television worker),
Maciej Michalak,
Stanisław Michalski (chairman of the shipyard council),
Klemens Mielczarek, Zofia Mayr,
Kazimierz Orzechowski (priest celebrating Mass at the shipyard),
Janusz Pawłowski,
Jerzy Popielarczyk,
Stanisław Staniek,
Tatiana Sosna-Sarno (secretary in television),
Lech Sołuba (journalist),
Piotr Suchora,
Andrzej Szenajch,
Ludmiła Terlecka (woman in the TV studio),
Marcin Troński-Szalawski (adviser to the Radiocomittee president),
Jan Szczepański (SB officer searching Mrs Hulewicz\'s appartment),
Krzysztof Wieczorek,
Krzysztof Zaleski (prison officer),
Janusz Zaorski (Mundek),
Halina Łabonarska (doctor at the psychiatric hospital, did not appear in the opening credits),
Lech Wałęsa (as himself),
Anna Walentynowicz (as herself),
Stanisław J. Borowczak (as himself),
Zbigniew Lis (as himself),
Teodor Kudła (as himself),
Tadeusz Fiszbach (as himself; did not appear in the opening credits)