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Man of Marble (Polish: Człowiek z marmuru) is a 1977 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut (played by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz ), who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over-achieving worker, in Nowa Huta , a new (real life) socialist city near Kraków .
Feb 25, 1977 · A young filmmaker investigates the fate of a 1950s propaganda hero, Mateusz Birkut, who disappeared from public view. The film explores the themes of history, truth, and propaganda in communist Poland.
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- Drama
- Andrzej Wajda
- 1977-02-25
Often described as the ‘Polish Citizen Kane’, Andrzej Wajda’s epic, “Man of Marble” (1976), made a strong political statement on the use of propaganda and the corruption of the...
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- Film Heritage Foundation
Man of Marble is a 1977 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut, who became the Stakhanovite...
A young Polish filmmaker makes a documentary about a 1950s bricklayer who was a propaganda hero but later disappeared. She faces censorship and resistance from the authorities and the film industry.
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.
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Man of Marble (Polish: Człowiek z marmuru) is a 1976 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer, Mateusz Birkut (played by Jerzy Radziwiłowicz), who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over-achieving worker, in Nowa Huta, a new (real life) socialist city near Kraków.
