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Man of Iron
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Andrzej Wajda Director
- Jerzy Radziwiłowicz as Maciek Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut
- Krystyna Janda as Agnieszka
- Marian Opania as Winkel
- Irena Byrska as matka Hulewicz
- Wiesława Kosmalska as Wiesława Hulewicz
- Bogusław Linda as Dzidek
- Franciszek Trzeciak as Badecki
- Janusz Gajos as zastępca szefa Radiokomitetu
- Andrzej Seweryn as kapitan Wirski
- Marek Kondrat as Grzenda
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