A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party.
Social & External
The people behind it
Wacław Ulewicz
I sekretarz Komitetu Wojewódzkiego w Radomiu
Mirosław Siedler
Działacz KOR
Tadeusz Bartosik
członek egzekutywy KW w Radomiu
Paweł Nowisz
Henio, kierowca I sekretarza
Zbigniew Bielski
Robotnik budujący barykadę
Elżbieta Kijowska
Bogusia, sekretarka I sekretarza
Lech Grzmociński
Komendant wojewódzki MO w Radomiu
Marek Kępiński
Szef kancelarii KW w Radomiu
Barbara Dziekan
Żona mężczyzny rozwalającego hasło
Leon Charewicz
Robotnik pod budynkiem KW
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