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Man of Marble
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.
1977 · Directed by Andrzej Wajda · 153 min · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
- Cinematography: Edward Kłosiński
- Edited by: Halina Prugar-Ketling
- Music: Andrzej Korzyński
- Production design: Allan Starski
Cast
- Krystyna Janda as Agnieszka
- Jerzy Radziwiłowicz as Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
- Tadeusz Łomnicki as Jerzy Burski
- Jacek Lomnicki as Jerzy Burski (young)
- Michał Tarkowski as Witek
- Piotr Cieślak as Michalak
- Wiesław Wójcik as Jodła
- Krystyna Zachwatowicz as Hanka Tomczyk
- Magda Teresa Wójcik as Editor
- Bogusław Sobczuk as TV Editor
Production
- Country: Poland
- Language: Polish
- Studios: Zespół Filmowy "X"
- Themes: individual, hero, poland, archive footage, bricklayer, communism
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