Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Cast |
Katharina Thalbach, Andrzej Chyra, Dominque Horwitz, Andrzej Grabowski, Dariusz Kowalski, Ewa Telega, Wojciech Pszoniak. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Andreas Höfer ; editors, Peter Przygooda, Wanda Zeman ; music, Jean Michel Jarre ; costume designer, Ewa Krauze ; production designer, Robert Czesak. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
Event |
Filmed entirely on location at Poland's Lenin Shipyard. |
Summary |
"An illiterate single mother, Agnieszka Kowalska is a Socialist "heroine of labor" for working long hours as a shipyard welder... until her superiors deny compensation to the widows of 21 workers killed in an industrial disaster. Risking her job, her life, and the love of her son to defy the bureacracy, Agnieszka inspires the largest labor strike in world history... and becomes a national hero." -Container. |
Language |
Polish dialogue with English or Polish subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization) -- Drama.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Shipbuilding industry -- Poland -- Gdańsk -- Drama.
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Shipbuilding industry -- Employees -- Drama.
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Labor disputes -- Poland -- Gdańsk -- Drama.
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Polish-language films.
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Gdańsk (Poland) -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Foreign films -- Poland.
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Historical films.
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Historical -- Feature.
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Women -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Historical films.
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Added Author |
Haase, Jürgen, 1945-
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Pflüger, Andreas.
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Meyter, Sylke Rene.
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Karpiński, Maciej, 1950-
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Schlöndorff, Volker.
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Thalbach, Katharina, 1954-
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Chyra, Andrzej, 1964-
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Horwitz, Dominique.
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Grabowski, Andrzej, 1952-
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Kowalski, Dariusz.
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Telega, Ewa.
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Pszoniak, Wojciech, 1942-2020
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Red Envelope Entertainment (Firm)
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Laemmle/Zeller Films.
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Provobis (Firm)
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Association relative à la télévision européenne
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Bayerischer Rundfunk.
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Paisa Films (Films)
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Mediopolis (Firm)
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MPI Home Video (Firm)
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Added Title |
Strajk, die Heldin von Danzig |
ISBN |
0788608878 |
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9780788608872 |
Standard No. |
030306900193 |
Music No. |
DVD9001 MPI Home Video |
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