7.0 / 10(95 votes)IMDb19812h 27m$492K Worldwide GrossPoland

Man of Iron

Człowiek z żelaza

Synopsis

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

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

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Cannes Film Festival

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$492K

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay & Story: Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Original Score: Andrzej Korzyński
Original Title: Człowiek z żelaza
Country of Origin: Poland
Spoken Languages: Polish, Hungarian
Runtime: 2h 27m
Worldwide Gross: $492K
Production Studios: Zespół Filmowy "X"

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Director

Andrzej Wajda

Screenplay & Story

Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

Original Score & Music

Andrzej Korzyński

Director of Photography

Edward Kłosiński

Film Editing

Halina Prugar-Ketling

Department Leadership Roster

Andrzej Wajda

Director

Edward Kłosiński

Director of Photography

Halina Prugar-Ketling

Editor

Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

Writer

Wiesława Starska

Costume Design

Allan Starski

Production Design

Andrzej Korzyński

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