Man of Marble

Man of Marble

Part of Solidarity Trilogy

1977•2h 33m•7.0/10

Drama

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7.0/10(85)

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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Production

Zespół Filmowy "X"

Language

PL

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Krystyna Janda

Krystyna Janda

Agnieszka

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Jerzy Burski

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

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