Man Of Marble Witek

By douglas messerli aleksander scibor tyiski screenplay andrzej wajda director czlowiek z marmuru man of marble 1977 wajda s documentary like film man of marble centers around a young film student agnieszka a character based in part on the real life film director agnieszka holland who has chosen as her subject a national hero of the 1950s a bricklayer mateusz birkut played by.

Man of marble witek. The actress is the other main character who works closely with the director to develop this unorthodox whirlwind of cigarette smoking spirit with her flared jeans scarf and denim jacket. This scene opens człowiek z żelaza man of iron a continuation of man of marble filmed five years later in the memorable 1981. With krystyna janda jerzy radziwilowicz tadeusz lomnicki jacek lomnicki. Man of marble examines the myth making of poland during the stalinist regime during the 1950s demonstrated in the use of shock workers or stakhanovites as propaganda stooges and representations of the potential and achievements of polish labourers.

Witek michal tarkowski was officially blamed and latter arrested for treason but the. Michał tarkowski wincenty witek piotr cieślak michalak. An iconic landmark of polish cinema man of marble has been restored from original materials and is presented in a new director approved high definition transfer. Andrzej wajda s dazzling man of marble is also one of the key films of the 1970s.

Journalists award at the gdańsk festival 1977 fipresci at cannes 1978 and jury award in cartagena 1980. 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 agnieszka played by krystyna janda in her first role. Directed by andrzej wajda. Man of marble polish.

A young polish filmmaker sets out to find out what happened to mateusz birkut a bricklayer who became a propaganda hero in the 1950s but later fell out of favor and disappeared. Czlowiek z marmuru man of marble goes to tells us the story of a filmmaker krystyna janda who wants to make as a film thesis a documentary about one of the heroes of poland s communist regime a simple man named mateusz birkut jerzy radziwilowicz a bricklayer who was famous for building housing for all the people and that made him a cult figure in his country.