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Summary:

A strike by the Polish union Solidarity takes place at the Gdansk shipyard in the summer of 1980. An alcoholic TV journalist is ordered to smear one of Solidarity's key figures, nicknamed the "Man of Iron."

Contributors:

Ścibor-Rylski, Aleksander , screenwriter

Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016 , film director

Radziwiłowicz, Jerzy , actor

Janda, Krystyna , actor

Opania, Marian , actor

Kosmalska, Wiesława , actor

Byrska, Irena , actor

Linda, Bogusław , actor

Wałęsa, Lech, 1943- , actor

Walentynowicz, Anna , actor

Kłosiński, Edward, 1943-2008 , director of photography

Prugar, Halina, 1929- , editor of moving image work

Korzyński, Andrzej , composer

Zespół Filmowy X , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Film Polski , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Polish
English

Language Notes:

In Polish with English subtitles.

Main Work:

Człowiek z żelaza (Motion picture)

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Man of iron

Subjects:

NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization) — Drama

Protest movements — Poland — Drama

Shipyards — Poland — Drama

Strikes and lockouts — Shipbuilding industry — Poland — Drama

Stocznia Gdańska im. Lenina Strike, Gdańsk, Poland, 1980 — Drama

NSZZ "Solidarność" (Labor organization)

Stocznia Gdańska im. Lenina Strike (Gdańsk, Poland : 1980)

1980

Strikes and lockouts — Shipbuilding industry

Strikes and lockouts

Protest movements

Shipyards

Poland

Genres:

Motion pictures

Historical films

Feature films

Fiction films

Drama

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC, region 1.
NOTICE: This is a DVD-R and may not play on all DVD players.

Performers:

Cast: Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Wiesława Kosmalska, Irena Byrska, Bogusław Linda ; with Lech Wałęsa, Anna Walentynowicz.

Production Credits:

Camera, Janusz Kalicinski ; director of photography, Edward Kłosiński ; editor, Halina Prugar ; music, Andrzej Korzyński.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1981.
Full screen.
Container gives running time: 140 min.

Audience:

MPAA rating: PG.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; burning; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; Dolby Digital

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

CZŁ 1981 DVD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 883904219552
Universal Product Code: 885444296352

OCLC Numbers:

663891390