The Marble Man

Andrzej Wajda
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Jacek Woszczyński, Michał Tarkowski, Piotr Cieślak, Wiesław Włodarczyk, Krystyna Zachwatowicz, Magda Teresa Wójcik, Bogusław Sobiczewski, Leonard Zajaczkowski, Jacek Domański, Irena Laskowska, Zdzisław Kozień, Wiesław Jedwabski, Kazimierz Kaczor, Ewa Ziętek, Andrzej Seweryn
1977
Poland
Completed
Polish
165 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asCzłowiek z marmuru,is aPolandProducerwomen sex,At1977Released in year
。The dialogue language isPolish,Current Douban rating8.1(For reference only)。
The film depicts Agnieszka, a recent film school graduate, who is ambitious and aims to make a biographical documentary about Burkot, a model worker and bricklayer from the 1950s, as her graduation thesis. To understand how the protagonist became a model worker, was later accused and convicted, and ultimately regained his reputation, Agnieszka conducted extensive research and collected materials, including interviews with key figures from the historical events. Eventually, she finds Burkot's son and learns that this hero, once known as the Marble Man, has died. Even his name is absent from the gravestone in the cemetery. "Burkot died during the workers' unrest at the Gdańsk shipyard. No trace of him could be found. From then on, the Marble Man became a ghost." The film's subject matter is quite bold, and the explanation of the protagonist's fate at the end was treated with scissors. Aimed at exposing the destruction of humanity and the deception of innocent people by a repressive regime through the myth-making of model workers, it presents a cold reality in a documentary style, reminiscent of the conditions in the 1970s. This film led to Wałęsa being banned from making films for many years, but he later produced a sequel (Man of Iron).