Man of Marble
Perhaps Andrzej Wajda's most important film, this documentary-style expose of Stalinist corruption paralleled attempts of the contemporary regime to crush the burgeoning Solidarity movement in the 1970s. It follows a young documentary filmmaker as she pieces together the life of a bricklayer who attained hero status in the '50s, but whose fall from grace, she discovers, is linked to his growing interest in labour politics. Ironically these climactic revelations were censored at the time. Critically lauded, Wadja's brilliant and searing indictment of totalitarianism is as relevant today as it was when it was made. Followed by "Man of Iron".
Year: 1976
Genre: Drama, Foreign Language Films, Eastern European Cinema, Best of the 1970s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: Poland
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Starring: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Lomnicki, Michal Tarkowski, Piotr Cieslak
Duration: 165 Minutes
Rating: G
Subtitles: Yes
7.9/10
Location in store: Foreign (Eastern Europe)
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