Man of Iron (1981)
July 27, 1981Release Date

Plot.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Maciek Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut

Krystyna Janda
Agnieszka

Marian Opania
Winkel

Irena Byrska
matka Hulewicz

Wiesława Kosmalska
Wiesława Hulewicz

Bogusław Linda
Dzidek

Franciszek Trzeciak
Badecki

Janusz Gajos
zastępca szefa Radiokomitetu

Andrzej Seweryn
kapitan Wirski

Marek Kondrat
Grzenda

Jerzy Trela
Antoniak, działacz opozycji

Krzysztof Janczar
Kryska, przyjaciel Maćka w 1970

Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Hanka Tomczyk, żona Birkuta

Bogusław Sobczuk
redaktor tv

Wojciech Alaborski
personalny

Leonard Andrzejewski
SB-ek na cmentarzu na pogrzebie Birkuta

Artur Barciś
student

Zbigniew Buczkowski
kierowca prezesa Radiokomitetu

Jacek Domański
pracownik telewizji

Bożena Dykiel
kadrowa

Adam Ferency
stoczniowiec

Lech Grzmociński
kierowca, pracownik SB

Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
stoczniowiec

Michał Juszczakiewicz
młody stoczniowiec

Maja Komorowska
aktorka recytująca wiersz Miłosza

Helena Kowalczykowa
kasjerka

Irena Kownas
kobieta przygotowywana do programu radiowego

Krzysztof Machowski
pracownik telewizji

Stanisław Michalski
przewodniczący Rady Zakładowej w stoczni

Kazimierz Orzechowski
ksiądz odprawiający mszę w stoczni

Tatiana Sosna-Sarno
sekretarka w tv

Lech Sołuba
dziennikarz

Marcin Troński
doradca prezesa Radiokomitetu

Jan Szczepański
SB-ek przeszukujący mieszkanie pani Hulewicz

Krzysztof Zaleski
funkcjonariusz więzienny

Janusz Zaorski
Mundek

Halina Łabonarska
lekarka w szpitalu psychiatrycznym; nie występuje w napisach

Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz
przedszkolanka z Elbląga mająca wystąpić w telewizji

Ludmiła Terlecka
kobieta w studio tv

Jerzy Borowczak
on sam

Andrzej Wajda
Director

Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography

Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor

Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Manager

Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Writer

Wiesława Starska
Costume Design

Allan Starski
Production Design

Anna Adamek
Makeup Artist

Piotr Zawadzki
Sound

Magdalena Dipont
Set Decoration

Andrzej Korzyński
Original Music Composer

Jerzy Kiszkis

Maciej Michalak

Klemens Mielczarek

Andrzej Gawroński

Magdalena Jarosz

Anna Walentynowicz

Krzysztof Wieczorek

Stanisław J. Borowczak

Piotr Suchora

Stanisław Staniek

Andrzej Szenajch

Witold Kałuski

Zofia Mayr
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Details.
Release DateJuly 27, 1981
Original NameCzłowiek z żelaza
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 27m
Filming LocationsGdańsk, Poland
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Man of Iron (Polish: Człowiek z żelaza) is a 1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize workers' right to an independent union.
The film continues the story of Maciej Tomczyk, the son of Mateusz Birkut, the protagonist of Wajda's earlier film, Man of Marble. Here, Maciej is a young worker involved in the anti-Communist labour movement, described as "the man who started the Gdańsk Shipyard strike", and a journalist working for the Communist regime's radio station, who is given the task of slandering Maciej. The young man is clearly intended as a parallel to Lech Wałęsa (who appears as himself in the movie).
Man of Iron clarifies the ending of Man of Marble, which left the death of Mateusz Birkut ambiguous. Man of Iron explicitly states that Mateusz was killed in clashes at the shipyards in 1970.
The film was made during the brief thaw in Communist censorship that appeared between the formation of Solidarity in August 1980 and its suppression in December 1981, and as such it is remarkably critical of the Communist regime. Because of this it was banned in 1981 by the Polish government. The film won the Palme d'Or and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. American filmmaker Martin Scorsese recognized the film as one of the masterpieces of Polish cinema and in 2013 he selected it for screening alongside films such as Ashes and Diamonds, Innocent Sorcerers, Knife in the Water and The Promised Land in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom as part of the Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema festival of Polish films.
Solidarity Trilogy.
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