Man of Iron

Man of Iron

Part of Solidarity Trilogy

1981•2h 27m•7.0/10

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7.0/10(89)

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.

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Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Maciek Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut

Krystyna Janda

Krystyna Janda

Agnieszka

Marian Opania

Marian Opania

Winkel

Irena Byrska

Irena Byrska

matka Hulewicz

Wiesława Kosmalska

Wiesława Kosmalska

Wiesława Hulewicz

Bogusław Linda

Bogusław Linda

Dzidek

Franciszek Trzeciak

Franciszek Trzeciak

Badecki

Janusz Gajos

Janusz Gajos

zastępca szefa Radiokomitetu

Andrzej Seweryn

Andrzej Seweryn

kapitan Wirski

Marek Kondrat

Marek Kondrat

Grzenda

Jerzy Trela

Jerzy Trela

Antoniak, działacz opozycji

Krzysztof Janczar

Krzysztof Janczar

Kryska, przyjaciel Maćka w 1970

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Hanka Tomczyk, żona Birkuta

Bogusław Sobczuk

Bogusław Sobczuk

redaktor tv

Wojciech Alaborski

Wojciech Alaborski

personalny

Leonard Andrzejewski

Leonard Andrzejewski

SB-ek na cmentarzu na pogrzebie Birkuta

Artur Barciś

Artur Barciś

student

Zbigniew Buczkowski

Zbigniew Buczkowski

kierowca prezesa Radiokomitetu

Jacek Domański

Jacek Domański

pracownik telewizji

Bożena Dykiel

Bożena Dykiel

kadrowa

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