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    Poster of the movie Man of Iron [1981]
    1981     Drama    
    2h 36min

    Based on the actual Gdansk Shipyard strikes and the subsequent Solidarity workers' uprising, this film centers around the strike's leader (based upon Lech Walesa, who makes a cameo in the film), and uses actual footage from Solidarity protests. Although vehemently anti-communist, this film slipped through a brief thaw in censorship, and won the 1981 Palme d'Or.

    Directed byAndrzej Wajda
    Written byAleksander Scibor-Rylski
    CompanyUnited Artists ClassicsUnited Artists ClassicsUnited Artists Classics
    Original titleCzłowiek z żelaza
    Original lang.Polish, French, Japanese
    CountryPoland

    Awards

    1 Oscar Nomination

    Starring

    Jerzy Radziwilowicz
    Krystyna Janda
    Boguslaw Linda
    Marek Kondrat
    Marian Opania
    Wieslawa Kosmalska
    Irena Byrska
    Lech Walesa
    Anna Walentynowicz
    Jerzy Borowczak
    Zbigniew Lis
    Teodor Kudla
    Franciszek Trzeciak
    Janusz Gajos
    Andrzej Seweryn
    Jan Tesarz
    Jerzy Trela
    Krzysztof Janczar
    Krystyna Zachwatowicz
    Boguslaw Sobczuk
    Wojciech Alaborski
    Leonard Andrzejewski
    Artur Barcis
    Zbigniew Buczkowski
    Jacek Domanski
    Klemens Mielczarek
    Maciej Michalak
    Jerzy Kiszkis
    Magdalena Jarosz
    Tadeusz Fiszbach
    Bogdan Lis
    Zofia Mayr
    Ludmila Terlecka
    Janusz Pawlowski
    Jan Szczepanski
    Andrzej Gwiazda
    Mieczyslaw Jagielski
    Piotr Suchora
    Lech Soluba
    Krzysztof Wieczorek
    Stanislaw Staniek
    Janusz Zaorski
    Jerzy Popielarczyk
    Jerzy Kolodziejski
    Witold Kaluski
    Andrzej Szenajch
    Beata Pozniak Daniels
    Helena Kowalczykowa
    Bozena Dykiel
    Stanislaw Michalski

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