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Man of Marble
Man of Marble

Man of Marble

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Runtime

153 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

25 February 1977

Country

Poland

Cast

Krystyna Janda

Krystyna Janda

Agnieszka

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Jerzy Burski

Jacek Lomnicki

Jacek Lomnicki

Jerzy Burski (young)

Michał Tarkowski

Michał Tarkowski

Witek

Piotr Cieślak

Piotr Cieślak

Michalak

Wiesław Wójcik

Wiesław Wójcik

Jodła

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Hanka Tomczyk

Magda Teresa Wójcik

Magda Teresa Wójcik

Editor

Bogusław Sobczuk

Bogusław Sobczuk

TV Editor

Leonard Zajączkowski

Leonard Zajączkowski

Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP

Jacek Domański

Jacek Domański

Sound Man

Zdzisław Kozień

Zdzisław Kozień

Agnieszka's Father

Irena Laskowska

Irena Laskowska

Museum Worker

Wiesław Drzewicz

Wiesław Drzewicz

Hanka's Husband

Kazimierz Kaczor

Kazimierz Kaczor

UB Colonel

Ewa Ziętek

Ewa Ziętek

Colonel's Secretary

Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta

Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta

Blonde

Andrzej Grąziewicz

Andrzej Grąziewicz

Judge

Edmund Karwański

Edmund Karwański

Prosecutor

Stefania Kornacka

Stefania Kornacka

Henryk Łapiński

Henryk Łapiński

Marcin Pawlusiak

Jerzy Moniak

Jerzy Moniak

Engineer Moniak

Irena Oberska

Irena Oberska

Zakopane Houseekeper

Zbigniew Płoszaj

Zbigniew Płoszaj

Chronicle Sound Man

Juliusz Roland

Juliusz Roland

Mieczysław Hertz

Maciej Rayzacher

Maciej Rayzacher

ZMP Meeting Chairman

Grzegorz Skurski

Grzegorz Skurski

Agnieszka's Driver

Dorota Stalińska

Dorota Stalińska

Photojournalist in Okęcie

Zdzisław Szymborski

Zdzisław Szymborski

Boardroom Member

Mariusz Świgoń

Mariusz Świgoń

Construction Technician

Krystyna Wolańska

Krystyna Wolańska

Marysia's Guardian

Andrzej Wykrętowicz

Andrzej Wykrętowicz

Jan Wołodkiewicz

Feliks Falk

Feliks Falk

Film Director (uncredited)

Stanisław Frąckowiak

Stanisław Frąckowiak

Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)

Witold Holtz

Witold Holtz

Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)

Krzysztof Kiersznowski

Krzysztof Kiersznowski

Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)

Jarosław Kopaczewski

Jarosław Kopaczewski

Worker (uncredited)

Ilona Łepkowska

Ilona Łepkowska

Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)

Stanisław Michalik

Stanisław Michalik

Judge (uncredited)

Mieczysław Grąbka

Mieczysław Grąbka

Chronicle Narrator (voice)

Andrzej Seweryn

Andrzej Seweryn

Record Beating Announcer (voice)

Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland

Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)

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