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Man of Iron

Original title: Czlowiek z zelaza
  • 19811981
  • PGPG
  • 2h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.4K
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Czlowiek z zelaza (1981)
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A few years after the events of Czlowiek z marmuru (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.A few years after the events of Czlowiek z marmuru (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.A few years after the events of Czlowiek z marmuru (1977), a journalist investigates Mateusz Birkut's son Maciek Tomczyk, now an activist leading a shipyard strike.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.4K
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  • Director
    • Andrzej Wajda
  • Writer
    • Aleksander Scibor-Rylski(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Jerzy Radziwilowicz
    • Krystyna Janda
    • Marian Opania
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  • Director
    • Andrzej Wajda
  • Writer
    • Aleksander Scibor-Rylski(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Jerzy Radziwilowicz
    • Krystyna Janda
    • Marian Opania
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    • 11User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 6 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Jerzy Radziwilowicz
    Jerzy Radziwilowicz
    • Maciek Tomczykas Maciek Tomczyk…
    Krystyna Janda
    Krystyna Janda
    • Agnieszkaas Agnieszka
    Marian Opania
    Marian Opania
    • Winkelas Winkel
    Wieslawa Kosmalska
    • Wieslawa Hulewiczas Wieslawa Hulewicz
    Irena Byrska
    Irena Byrska
    • Matka Hulewiczas Matka Hulewicz
    Boguslaw Linda
    Boguslaw Linda
    • Dzidekas Dzidek
    Lech Walesa
    Lech Walesa
    • Lech Walesaas Lech Walesa
    Anna Walentynowicz
    Anna Walentynowicz
    • Anna Walentynowiczas Anna Walentynowicz
    Jerzy Borowczak
    Jerzy Borowczak
    • Stanislaw J. Borowczakas Stanislaw J. Borowczak
    • (as Stanislaw J. Borowczak)
    Zbigniew Lis
    • Zbigniew Lisas Zbigniew Lis
    Teodor Kudla
    • Teodor Kudlaas Teodor Kudla
    Franciszek Trzeciak
    Franciszek Trzeciak
    • Badeckias Badecki
    Janusz Gajos
    Janusz Gajos
    • Z-Ca Szefaas Z-Ca Szefa
    Andrzej Seweryn
    Andrzej Seweryn
    • Kapt. Wirskias Kapt. Wirski
    Marek Kondrat
    Marek Kondrat
    • Grzendaas Grzenda
    Jan Tesarz
    Jan Tesarz
    • Szefas Szef
    Jerzy Trela
    Jerzy Trela
    • Antoniakas Antoniak
    Krzysztof Janczar
    Krzysztof Janczar
    • Kryskaas Kryska
    • Director
      • Andrzej Wajda
    • Writer
      • Aleksander Scibor-Rylski(scenario)
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    Storyline

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    A worker becomes a "man of iron" forged by experience, a son comes to terms with his father, a couple fall in love, a reporter searches for courage, and a nation undergoes historic change. In Warsaw in 1980, the Party sends Winkel, a weak, alcoholic TV hack, to Gdansk to dig up dirt on the shipyard strikers, particularly on Maciek Tomczyk, an articulate worker whose father was killed in the December 1970 protests. Posing as sympathetic, Winkel interviews people who know Tomczyk, including his detained wife, Agnieszka. Their narrations become flashbacks using actual news footage of 1968 and 1970 protests and of the later birth of free unions and Solidarity. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
    • social commentary
    • worker
    • shipyard
    • 1970s
    • solidarity
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    • Genres
      • Drama
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    • Certificate
      • PG
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    • Trivia
      This was the first, and so far the only, sequel to win the Golden Palm at Cannes Film Festival. It was also the first Polish film to win this prize - the second was Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" in 2002.
    • Quotes

      [to Maciek and Agnieszka at their wedding]

      Lech Walesa: I trust you will be a democratic couple, so let me share these flowers democratically.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Time Bandits, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, The Woman Next Door, Man of Iron (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Piosenka dla Corki
      Lyrics by Krzysztof Kasprzyk

      Music by Maciej Pietrzyk

    User reviews11

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Great movie about history
    A great movie about Poland's history containing also authentic material from the civil disorders. The movie handles also the viewpoint of individual in communist system. Screenplay is great.

    Nine stars out of ten.
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    • antoni-1
    • Apr 9, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 27, 1981 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Language
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Človek iz železa
    • Filming locations
      • Zespol Filmowy X Studio, Poland
    • Production company
      • Zespól Filmowy "X"
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $492,035
    • Gross worldwide
      • $492,035
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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