Czlowiek z Marmuru (Man of Marble) (1976)
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The first of Polish director Andrzej Wajda's two "Solidarity" films, Man of Marble (originally Czlowiek z Marmuru) concerns bricklayer Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radziwilowicz). Lauded as a national hero in the 1950s due to his skills at his trade, Birkut has inexplicably fallen into… More The first of Polish director Andrzej Wajda's two "Solidarity" films, Man of Marble (originally Czlowiek z Marmuru) concerns bricklayer Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radziwilowicz). Lauded as a national hero in the 1950s due to his skills at his trade, Birkut has inexplicably fallen into obscurity. In making a film of the bricklayer's life, documentary director Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda) discovers that the bricklayer used his sudden fame to become involved in labor politics -- whereupon the repressive government did its best to wipe out all traces of his accomplishments. This climactic revelation was, ironically, excised by the Polish censors when Man of Marble was first released. Director Wajda followed this film with Man of Iron, which traced the further political exploits of director Agnieszka and her husband, the son of the unfortunate bricklayer -- also played by Jerzy Radziwilowicz. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Andrzej Wajda
- Written By
- Aleksander Scibor-Rylski
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 23, 1981 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 10, 2002
- Studio
- Vanguard
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Superior political pic.
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Cast
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Jerzy Radziwilowicz
as Mateusz Birkut
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Krystyna Janda
as Agnieszka
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Tadeusz Lomnicki
as Jerzy Burski
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Jacek Lomnicki
as Young Burski
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Michal Tarkowski
as Witek
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Wieslaw Wojcik
as Jodia
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Krystyna Zachwatowicz
as Hanka Tomczyk
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Magda Teresa Wójcik
as Film Editor
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Boguslaw Sobczuk
as Agnieszka's Producer
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Zdzislaw Kozien
as Agnieszka's Father
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Kazimierz Kaczor
as Colonel
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Ewa Zietek
as Secretary
- Piotr Cieslak
