Man of Iron
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70% Critic Match

Man of Iron

7.0 / 10 1981 2h 27mNR Polish
DramaHistory

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Maciek Tomczyk / Mateusz Birkut

Lead
Krystyna Janda

Krystyna Janda

Agnieszka

Marian Opania

Marian Opania

Winkel

Irena Byrska

Irena Byrska

matka Hulewicz

Wiesława Kosmalska

Wiesława Kosmalska

Wiesława Hulewicz

Bogusław Linda

Bogusław Linda

Dzidek

Franciszek Trzeciak

Franciszek Trzeciak

Badecki

Janusz Gajos

Janusz Gajos

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What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Andrzej Wajda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Man of Iron is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker