Man of Iron (1981)
(Czlowiek z Zelaza)
Country: POL
Technical: col/bw 152m
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
Synopsis:
The journalist from Man of Marble now investigates the son of the national hero, who has become an activist in shipyard labour disputes.
Review:
Elegantly disguised contemporary history, making explicit the subtext of the foregoing film, almost as if Wajda was getting bolder as the country nudged towards reform. Lech Walesa features appropriately enough in one of the sequences towards the end of the film. It is all worthy stuff but desperately in need of a trim; like its predecessor it expects a lot of its audience's staying power, especially screened late at night as the BBC famously did.
(Czlowiek z Zelaza)
Country: POL
Technical: col/bw 152m
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
Synopsis:
The journalist from Man of Marble now investigates the son of the national hero, who has become an activist in shipyard labour disputes.
Review:
Elegantly disguised contemporary history, making explicit the subtext of the foregoing film, almost as if Wajda was getting bolder as the country nudged towards reform. Lech Walesa features appropriately enough in one of the sequences towards the end of the film. It is all worthy stuff but desperately in need of a trim; like its predecessor it expects a lot of its audience's staying power, especially screened late at night as the BBC famously did.
(Czlowiek z Zelaza)
Country: POL
Technical: col/bw 152m
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
Synopsis:
The journalist from Man of Marble now investigates the son of the national hero, who has become an activist in shipyard labour disputes.
Review:
Elegantly disguised contemporary history, making explicit the subtext of the foregoing film, almost as if Wajda was getting bolder as the country nudged towards reform. Lech Walesa features appropriately enough in one of the sequences towards the end of the film. It is all worthy stuff but desperately in need of a trim; like its predecessor it expects a lot of its audience's staying power, especially screened late at night as the BBC famously did.