Man of Marble

(Człowiek z Marmuru)

The year 1976. In the corridor of the television building Agnieszka – an almost graduate film maker – is persuading an 'important' editor into making a movie about Mateusz Birkut, a bricklayer and labor leader, whose brilliant career ended suddenly and unexpectedly sometime around 1952. After some negotiations the girl finally gets a tape and necessary equipment. Private 'investigation' begins, aiming at determining the causes of the success and fall of Birkut. While learning the history of his dramatic life, Agnieszka finds out and discloses the bitter truth about the 1950s – the period of Stalinism in Poland.

Director: Andrzej Wajda

Screenplay: Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

Cinematography: Edward Kłosiński

Music: Andrzej Korzyński

Film Editor: Halina Prugar

Principal Cast: Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Jacek Łomnicki

Runtime: 160 min minutes

Release Year: 1976

Genre: Drama