The read
It runs long at 2h 59m.
Synopsis
At the turn of the century, Lodz, Poland, was a quick-paced manufacturing center for textiles, replete with cutthroat industrialists and unsafe working conditions. Three young friends, a Pole, a Jew, and a German, pool their money together to build a factory.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
90 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrzej WajdaDirector
- Andrzej WajdaScreenplay
- Wojciech KilarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Daniel OlbrychskiKarol Borowiecki
- Wojciech PszoniakMoryc Welt
- Andrzej SewerynMaks Baum
- Kalina JędrusikLucy Zuckerowa
- Anna NehrebeckaAnka
- Bożena DykielMada Müller
- Andrzej SzalawskiHerman Bucholz
- Stanisław IgarGrünspan
- Franciszek PieczkaMüller
- Kazimierz OpalińskiMaks' Father
- Andrzej ŁapickiTrawiński
- Wojciech SiemionWilczek
Stills
Themes
factory workeradulterycapitalistfactoryfriendshipman vs machinefirehusband wife relationshipcheatingcapitalismlodzbankrupt