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Man of Marble
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Synopsis
The first of Polish director Andrzej Wajda's two "Solidarity" films, Man of Marble (originally Czlowiek z Marmuru) concerns bricklayer Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radziwilowicz). Lauded as a national hero in the 1950s due to his skills at his trade, Birkut has inexplicably fallen into obscurity. In making a film of the bricklayer's life, documentary director Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda) discovers that the bricklayer used his sudden fame to become involved in labor politics -- whereupon the repressive government did its best to wipe out all traces of his accomplishments. This climactic revelation was, ironically, excised by the Polish censors when Man of Marble was first released. Director Wajda followed this film with Man of Iron, which traced the further political exploits of director Agnieszka and her husband, the son of the unfortunate bricklayer -- also played by Jerzy Radziwilowicz. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Krystyna Janda Agnieszka
Jacek Lomnicki Young Burski
Tadeusz Lomnicki Jerzy Burski
Jerzy Radziwilowicz Mateusz Birkut
Boguslaw Sobczuk Agnieszka's Producer
Magda Teresa Wojcik Film Editor
Krystyna Zachwatowicz Hanka Tomczyk
Kazimierz Kaczor Colonel
Zdzislaw Kozien Agnieszka's Father
Wieslaw Wojcik Jodia
Michal Tarkowski Witek

Production Crew

Edward Klosinski Cinematographer
Andrzej Korzynski Composer (Music Score)
Andrzej Wajda Director
Allan Starski Production Designer
Wojciech Majda Production Designer
Aleksander Scibor-Rylski Screenwriter
Year: 1976
Runtime: 161
Country: Poland
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Produced by
Film Polski
Group X

Awards
1981 - Best Foreign Film - New York Film Critics Circle