Man of Marble

1977 2h 33m PL

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 96

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Krystyna Janda
Agnieszka
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Jerzy Burski
Jacek Lomnicki
Jerzy Burski (young)
Michał Tarkowski
Witek
Piotr Cieślak
Michalak
Wiesław Wójcik
Jodła
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Hanka Tomczyk

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writers: Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Languages: Polish
Countries: Poland

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

ERA

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49 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Solidarity Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrzej Wajda, shot by Edward Kłosiński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Andrzej Korzyński. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Halina Prugar-Ketling shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz and Tadeusz Łomnicki carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0075902 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andrzej Wajda directs. Edward Kłosiński behind the camera. Andrzej Korzyński scores. Halina Prugar-Ketling cuts. Produced in Poland. Dialogue in Polish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 153 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
249 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Solidarity Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Andrzej Wajda, shot by Edward Kłosiński. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Andrzej Korzyński. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Halina Prugar-Ketling shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz and Tadeusz Łomnicki carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0075902 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 96 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Released under 26 different titles around the world.