Man Of Marble 1977

It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic polish bricklayer mateusz birkut who became the stakhanovite symbol of an over achieving worker in nowa huta a new socialist city near kraków.

Man of marble 1977.

2h 40min drama 25 february 1977 poland 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. It is a citizen kane styled story where wajda introduces us to a young woman in krakow agnieszka who is making her thesis film. Man of marble a 1977 polish film by andrzej wajda evokes the comic creation and tragic desecration of a national hero with savage brilliance. Not only is andrzej wajda s award winning man of marble one of the most important films in the history of polis cinema it is also one of the most compelling attacks on government corruption ever made.

She interviews people who knew him and. Synopsis man of marble is a polish film about a student making a film about a bricklayer who was once idolized. Man of marble is a 1977 polish film directed by andrzej wajda. Man of marble is a film directed by andrzej wajda with jerzy radziwilowicz krystyna janda tadeusz lominicki michal tarkowski.

She interviews people who knew him and finds old footage that lead to an unfolding mystery that causes her producer to cancel the project. Agnieszka played by krystyna janda in her first role is a young filmmaker who is making her diploma film on birkut whose whereabouts seems to have been lost two decades later. The title refers to the propagandist marble.