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The secret police after the December 1970 strikes at the Gdansk Shipyard. Yet the steely dissident, played by Robert Wieckiewicz, never really comes into focus as a private person.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Overview
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.
Director and cast
- Andrzej Wajda Director
- Robert Więckiewicz as Lech Walesa
- Agnieszka Grochowska as Danuta Walesa
- Maria Rosaria Omaggio as Oriana Fallaci
- Zbigniew Zamachowski as Nawislak
- Katarzyna Ankudowicz as Neighbor
- Barbara Babilińska as Nurse
- Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel as Pracownica stoczni
- Mirosław Baka as Klemens Gniech
- Waldemar Barwiński Cast
- Iwona Bielska Cast
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