The read
It runs long at 2h 33m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
96 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrzej KorzyńskiOriginal Music Composer
- Andrzej WajdaDirector
- Aleksander Ścibor-RylskiScreenplay
Cast
- Krystyna JandaAgnieszka
- Jerzy RadziwiłowiczMateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
- Tadeusz ŁomnickiJerzy Burski
- Jacek LomnickiJerzy Burski (young)
- Michał TarkowskiWitek
- Piotr CieślakMichalak
- Wiesław WójcikJodła
- Krystyna ZachwatowiczHanka Tomczyk
- Magda Teresa WójcikEditor
- Bogusław SobczukTV Editor
- Leonard ZajączkowskiLeonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP
- Jacek DomańskiSound Man
Stills
Themes
individualheropolandarchive footagebricklayercommunism