Man of Iron
Genres
Overview
In Warsaw in 1980, the Communist Party sends disgruntled radio reporter Winkel to Gdańsk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers - particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an independent labour union leader whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews the people surrounding Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
147 min
Release Date
1981-07-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Polish
Vote Count
80
Vote Average
6.906
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
Andrzej Gawroński
Lech Grzmociński
kierowca, pracownik SB
Tadeusz Gwiazdowski
stoczniowiec
Magdalena Jarosz
Michał Juszczakiewicz
młody stoczniowiec
Witold Kałuski
Jerzy Kiszkis
Maja Komorowska
aktorka recytująca wiersz Miłosza
Helena Kowalczykowa
kasjerka
Irena Kownas
kobieta przygotowywana do programu radiowego
Krzysztof Machowski
pracownik telewizji
Maciej Michalak
Stanisław Michalski
przewodniczący Rady Zakładowej w stoczni
Klemens Mielczarek
Kazimierz Orzechowski
ksiądz odprawiający mszę w stoczni
Tatiana Sosna-Sarno
sekretarka w tv
Lech Sołuba
dziennikarz
Andrzej Szenajch
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
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Janusz Pawłowski
Jerzy Popielarczyk
Stanisław Staniek
Piotr Suchora
Ludmiła Terlecka
kobieta w studio tv
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Lech Wałęsa
Anna Walentynowicz
Stanisław J. Borowczak
Zbigniew Lis
Teodor Kudła
Tadeusz Fiszbach
Jerzy Borowczak
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