Crossing Europe

Walesa. Man of Hope

2 hr. 7 min. | Drama | N/A

It is 1970, Gdansk. The communist authorities bloodily repress workers’ protest. Lech Walesa, an ordinary shipyard worker, tries to deal with daily problems with his wife Danuta. Opposing the rules, soon he starts to lead a revolution that will end up not only toppling a dictatorship in Poland, but will eat away the crumbling edifice of the Soviet empire too.

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzej Wajda

Andrzejus Wajda was born in Suwalki (Poland) in 1926. He is one of the most prominent polish filmmakers. He directed over fifty features including Kanal (1957), Ashes and Diamonds (1958),Ashes (1965), The Promised Land (1975), Man of Iron (1981),Korczak (1990), Katyn (2007). He received an honorary Lifetime Achievement Award at the Academy Awards in 2000.
Languages
Polish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei
Produced
2013: Poland

Film information

Director
Andrzej Wajda
Screenplay
Janusz Glowacki
Cinematography
Pawel Edelman
Cast
Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska, Zbigniew Zamachowski
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