Man of Iron (1981)
Człowiek z żelaza
Drama, History • 2h 27m
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: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania, Irena Byrska, Wiesława Kosmalska, Bogusław Linda, Franciszek Trzeciak, Janusz Gajos, Andrzej Seweryn, Marek Kondrat, Jerzy Trela, Krzysztof Janczar, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Bogusław Sobczuk, Wojciech Alaborski, Leonard Andrzejewski, Artur Barciś, Zbigniew Buczkowski, Jacek Domański, Bożena Dykiel, Adam Ferency, Andrzej Gawroński, Lech Grzmociński, Tadeusz Gwiazdowski, Magdalena Jarosz, Michał Juszczakiewicz, Witold Kałuski, Jerzy Kiszkis, Maja Komorowska, Helena Kowalczykowa, Irena Kownas, Krzysztof Machowski, Maciej Michalak, Stanisław Michalski, Klemens Mielczarek, Kazimierz Orzechowski, Tatiana Sosna-Sarno, Lech Sołuba, Andrzej Szenajch, Marcin Troński, Jan Szczepański, Krzysztof Zaleski, Janusz Zaorski, Halina Łabonarska, Jolanta Kozak-Sutowicz, Zofia Mayr, Janusz Pawłowski, Jerzy Popielarczyk, Stanisław Staniek, Piotr Suchora, Ludmiła Terlecka, Krzysztof Wieczorek, Lech Wałęsa, Anna Walentynowicz, Stanisław J. Borowczak, Zbigniew Lis, Teodor Kudła, Tadeusz Fiszbach, Jerzy Borowczak
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12/24/2025
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There are no comparisons, and Polish releases are likely the same transfer.
French release from Intersections state that Italian's a 2K restoration, likely the same restoration as the Polish one. However French release isn't English-friendly.
This is also covered in the extremely expensive and limited Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema but Italian should be the same restoration too.
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There are no comparisons, and Polish releases are likely the same transfer.
France release from Intersections state that it's a 2K restoration, likely the same restoration as the Polish one. However France release isn't English-friendly.
This is also covered in the extremely expensive and limited Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema but it should be the same restoration too.
From
There are no comparisons, and Polish releases are likely the same transfer.
French release from Intersections state that Italian's a 2K restoration, likely the same restoration as the Polish one. However French release isn't English-friendly.
This is also covered in the extremely expensive and limited Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema but Italian should be the same restoration too.
To
There are no comparisons, and Polish releases are likely the same transfer.
France release from Intersections state that it's a 2K restoration, likely the same restoration as the Polish one. However France release isn't English-friendly.
This is also covered in the extremely expensive and limited Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema but it should be the same restoration too.
9/20/2025
