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Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda's sequel to his immensely well-received Man of Marble covers some of the same ground: the relationship of labour leaders to their communist political masters and the difficulties the media encounters in covering that story. But it adds an exceptionally timely element: footage from the real-life Solidarity movement strikes led by Lech Walesa that were taking place during the film's production are woven into the dramatic story.

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eBay Product ID (ePID)73984240

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ActorMarian Opania, Lech Walesa, Irene Byrska, Kirill Kondrashin, Boguslaw Sobczuk, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Krzystzof Janczar, Frantiszek Trzeciak, Andrzej Seweryn, Jerzy Trela, Krystyna Janda, Anna Walentynowicz, Boguslaw Linda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Wieslawa Kosmalska, Jan Tesarz, Janusz Gajos

Film/TV TitleMan of Iron

DirectorAndrzej Wajda

LanguagePolish

Subtitle LanguageEnglish

Run Time147 Mins

Release Year2009

FormatDVD

FeaturesWith Subtitles

GenreDrama

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Number of Discs1

CertificatePG

Country/Region of ManufacturePoland

ComposerAndrzej Korzynski

Additional InformationMAN OF IRON, Andrzej Wajda's account of the events at the Gdansk shipyard in the summer of 1980, stars Marian Opania as Winkiel, a burned-out, alcoholic journalist who's assigned to look into the activities of Maciek Tomzyk (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), the charismatic and articulate leader of striking shipyard workers. He turns out to be the son of Mateusz Birkut (the tragic hero--also portrayed by Radziwilowicz--of Wajda's MAN OF MARBLE). The journalist makes use of her own reputation as a youthful radical, implying a solidarity with Tomzyk even as she searches for the dirty laundry the party bosses hope she'll find. But as she interviews the labour leader's associates and his detained wife, Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda), and hears of his travails and of his father's death in the 1970 crackdown against the workers, Opania begins to feel his former idealism returning, forcing her to consider putting her own career at risk to side with the strikers. Wajda incorporates a wide range of archival material--including posters, documentary footage, still photos, audio recordings, and eyewitness testimony--into a compelling narrative of epic history unfolding in real time. A brief appearance of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa as himself further energizes MAN OF IRON's politically explosive weave of fact and fiction.

ScreenwriterAleksander Scibor-Rylski

Art DirectorAllan Starski

Costume DesignerWiesa Starska

SoundPiotr Zawadzki

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorHalina Prugar

Movie/TV TitleMan Of Iron

Director of PhotographyEdward Klosinski