The read
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 92% of the 1,345 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 27 points higher than audiences do.
74 audience votes
Key crew
- Jerzy SkolimowskiDirector
- Jerzy SkolimowskiScreenplay
- Stanley MyersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeremy IronsNowak
- Eugene LipinskiBanaszak
- Jiří StanislavWolski
- Eugeniusz HaczkiewiczKudaj
- Denis HolmesNeighbor
- David CalderSupermarket Manager
- Trevor CooperHire Shop Man
- David GantAquascutum Assistant
- Jenifer LandorAquascutum Shoplifter
- Kenny IrelandTimber Man
- Fred Lee OwnChinese Man
- Michael SarneBuilders' Merchant
Stills
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Themes
london, englandpolandconstruction workerunrest
The Best Movies of 1982
Moonlighting is #10 of 60
