| Description |
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC; fullscreen presentation; Dolby digital 2.0; region 1. |
| Cast |
Jerzy Radziwiółwicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Wiesáłwa Kosmalska, Irena Byrska, Bogusáłw Linda ; with Lech Walesa, Anna Walentynowicz. |
| Credits |
Camera, Janusz Kalicinski ; director of photography, Edward Klosinski ; editor, Halina Prugar ; music, Andrej Korzynski. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981. |
| Awards |
Gold Palm winner 1981 Cannes Film Festival. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Summary |
A strike by the Polish union Solidarity takes place at the Gdansk shipyard in the summer of 1980. An alcoholic TV journalist is ordered to smear one of Solidarity's key figures, nicknamed the "Man of Iron." |
| Language |
Polish dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization) -- Drama.
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Protest movements -- Poland -- Drama.
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Shipyards -- Poland -- Drama.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Shipbuilding industry -- Poland -- Drama.
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Stocznia Gdańska im. Lenina Strike, Gdańsk, Poland, 1980 -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016
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Ścibor-Rylski, Aleksander.
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Opania, Marian.
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Radziwiłowicz, Jerzy.
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Janda, Krystyna.
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Wałęsa, Lech, 1943-
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Walentynowicz, Anna.
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Kosmalska, Wiesława.
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Byrska, Irena.
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Linda, Bogusław.
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Film Polski.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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| Added Title |
Man of iron |
| Standard No. |
883904219552 |
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