Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaScreenplay:
Aleksander Ścibor-RylskiCinematography:
Edward KlosinskiComposer:
Andrzej KorzyńskiCast:
Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Jacek Łomnicki, Michal Tarkowski, Piotr Cieślak, Wieslaw Wojcik, Krystyna Zachwatowicz (more)Plots(1)
It is a Citizen Kane-styled story where Wajda introduces us to a young woman in Krakow, Agnieszka, who is making her thesis film. She is looking behind the scenes at the life of a 1950s bricklayer, Birkut, who was briefly elevated to the status of a communist hero. She wants to know how his heroism was created and what became of him. She gets a hold of censored footage and interviews with the man's friends and ex-wife, and the filmmaker who made him a hero. A portrait of Birkut emerges as a man who believed in the socialist ideals, the workers revolution, and in building housing for all. However, the young filmmaker's hard-driving style and the content of her film unnerve her supervisor, who thinks it's getting too close to a political nerve. The film project is killed with the excuse she is over budget, but the young filmmaker pushes forward against all odds to finish her film. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jerzy Radziwilowicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/253/162253085_8d879d.jpg)
Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Bez znieczulenia (1978)
Man of Iron (1981)
![Krystyna Janda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273885_d1bf67.jpg)
Krystyna Janda
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Mephisto (1981)
Interrogation (1982)
![Tadeusz Łomnicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/231/166231777_79fcca.png)
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Potop (1974)
Blind Chance (1981)
Jacek Łomnicki
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Michal Tarkowski
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Illumination (1972)
Top Dog (1978)
Piotr Cieślak
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
A Room with a View on the Sea (1977)
Niedzielne dzieci (1976) (TV movie)
![Wieslaw Wojcik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/314/159314584_fabb9f.jpg)
Wieslaw Wojcik
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Oko proroka (1982)
A Room with a View on the Sea (1977)
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Man of Marble (1977)
Man of Iron (1981)
![Magda Teresa Wójcik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/159/167159889_cdb432.png)
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Poland
Best movies:
A Lonely Woman (1981)
Man of Marble (1977)
Bez znieczulenia (1978)
Bogusław Sobczuk
Poland
Best movies:
Camera Buff (1979)
Man of Marble (1977)
Bez znieczulenia (1978)
Leonard Zajączkowski
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Jacek Domanski
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Man of Marble (1977)
Man of Iron (1981)
![Zdzislaw Kozien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/410/160410509_96fbb7.jpg)
Zdzislaw Kozien
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
Irena Laskowska
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
Gangsterzy i filantropi (1962)
![Wieslaw Drzewicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/986/158986048_684878.jpg)
Wieslaw Drzewicz
Poland
Best movies:
The Master and Margarita (1988) (series)
Man of Marble (1977)
Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978)
![Kazimierz Kaczor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/985/158985733_7bc572.jpg)
Kazimierz Kaczor
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Man of Marble (1977)
Potop (1974)
![Ewa Ziętek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/764/168764540_i6lp2o.png)
Ewa Ziętek
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Day of the Wacko (2002)
Spiral (1978)
Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Nie lubię poniedziałku (1971)
H.M. Deserters (1986)
![Andrzej Graziewicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/230/159230656_c5ece9.jpg)
Andrzej Graziewicz
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
With Fire and Sword (1999)
Westerplatte Resists (1967)
![Andrzej Seweryn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/327/166327588_fa6bf9.png)
Andrzej Seweryn
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Promised Land (1974)