Man of Marble ( Czlowiek z marmuru )

Man of Marble (DVD) (*)

$34.99

Original Title: Czlowiek z marmuru
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
154 min + 58 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
Poland ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Andrzej Wajda

Written By:
Aleksander Scibor-Rylski

Actors:
Jerzy Radziwilowicz ..... Mateusz Birkut
Krystyna Janda ..... Agnieszka
Tadeusz Lomnicki ..... Jerzy Burski
Jacek Lomnicki ..... Young Burski
Michal Tarkowski ..... Wincenty Witek
Piotr Cieslak ..... Michalak
Wieslaw Wójcik ..... Jodla
Krystyna Zachwatowicz ..... Hanka
Magda Teresa Wójcik ..... Editor
Boguslaw Sobczuk ..... TV Producer
Leonard Zajaczkowski ..... Leonard Zajaczkowski, Cameraman

Synopsis:

Often described as 'the Polish CITIZEN KANE', Wajda's MAN OF MARBLE is about the attempts of a determined young woman filmmaker Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda) to make a documentary about the Polish national hero Mateusz Birkut, a labourer who, in the early days of the Communist revolution, was hailed for his productivity feats and became as famous as any film star, only to disappear from the record books in 1952. Through interviews with his former wife, colleagues, friends and enemies who knew him, Birkut emerges as a man who believed in the socialist ideals and the workers revolution. Unlike many of his colleagues and compatriots Birkut refused to forgive and forget. His disappearance became, in effect, the unrelenting conscience of the revolution. However, the young filmmaker's hard-driving style and the content of her film unnerve the authorities, who thinks it's getting too close to a political nerve. Not only regarded as one of the greatest, most important films in the history of Polish cinema, it is also one of the key films of the 1970s and one of the most compelling attacks on government corruption ever made.

In 1976, a young woman in Krakow is making her diploma film, looking behind the scenes at the life of a 1950s bricklayer, Birkut, who was briefly a proletariat hero, at how that heroism was created, and what became of him. She gets hold of outtakes and censored footage and interviews the man's friends, ex-wife, and the filmmaker who made him a hero. A portrait of Birkut emerges: he believed in the workers' revolution, in building housing for all, and his very virtues were his undoing. Her hard-driving style and the content of the film unnerve her supervisor, who kills the project with the excuse she's over budget. Is there any way she can push the film to completion?

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 05 March, 2015.