Man of Marble

1977

2h 33m

7.0(80 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

43 members

Acting

Krystyna Janda

Agnieszka

Acting

Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk

Acting

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Jerzy Burski

Acting

Jacek Lomnicki

Jerzy Burski (young)

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Michał Tarkowski

Witek

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Piotr Cieślak

Michalak

Acting

Wiesław Wójcik

Jodła

Acting

Krystyna Zachwatowicz

Hanka Tomczyk

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Magda Teresa Wójcik

Editor

Acting

Bogusław Sobczuk

TV Editor

Camera

Leonard Zajączkowski

Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP

Acting

Jacek Domański

Sound Man

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Zdzisław Kozień

Agnieszka's Father

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Irena Laskowska

Museum Worker

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Wiesław Drzewicz

Hanka's Husband

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Kazimierz Kaczor

UB Colonel

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Ewa Ziętek

Colonel's Secretary

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Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta

Blonde

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Andrzej Grąziewicz

Judge

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Edmund Karwański

Prosecutor

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Stefania Kornacka

Unknown Role

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Henryk Łapiński

Marcin Pawlusiak

Directing

Jerzy Moniak

Engineer Moniak

Acting

Irena Oberska

Zakopane Houseekeper

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Zbigniew Płoszaj

Chronicle Sound Man

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Juliusz Roland

Mieczysław Hertz

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Maciej Rayzacher

ZMP Meeting Chairman

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Grzegorz Skurski

Agnieszka's Driver

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Dorota Stalińska

Photojournalist in Okęcie

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Zdzisław Szymborski

Boardroom Member

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Mariusz Świgoń

Construction Technician

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Krystyna Wolańska

Marysia's Guardian

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Andrzej Wykrętowicz

Jan Wołodkiewicz

Directing

Feliks Falk

Film Director (uncredited)

Acting

Stanisław Frąckowiak

Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)

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Witold Holtz

Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)

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Krzysztof Kiersznowski

Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)

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Jarosław Kopaczewski

Worker (uncredited)

Writing

Ilona Łepkowska

Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)

Acting

Stanisław Michalik

Judge (uncredited)

Acting

Mieczysław Grąbka

Chronicle Narrator (voice)

Acting

Andrzej Seweryn

Record Beating Announcer (voice)

Directing

Agnieszka Holland

Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)

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