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. This ground-breaking feature is presented in an all new HD digital restoration and features exclusive newly filmed interviews with director Andrzej Wajda lead actress Krystyna Janda and renowned filmmaker Agnieszka Holland who was Assistant Director on Man Of Marble. Special Features: Exclusive Interviews: With Director Andrzej Wajda With Star Krystyna Janda With Filmmaker Agnieszka Holland New HD transfer Booklet essay by Michael Brooke [show more]
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A television director (Krystyna Janda) sets out to make a documentary about former socialist hero Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radiwilowicz). Initially acclaimed as a hero for his brick-laying skills, with marble statues erected in his honour, Birkut was discredited by the government when he became too voluble regarding industrial politics. The director attempts to reveal the true story by interviewing Birkut's family and friends. An Andzej Wajda film which on its release in Poland evoked the wrath of the Polish Communist Party.
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