France / May 30, 1978 / Cannes Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Krystyna Zachwatowicz | Hanka Tomczyk |
| Magda Teresa Wójcik | Editor |
| Bogusław Sobczuk | TV Editor |
| Leonard Zajączkowski | Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP |
| Jacek Domański | Sound Man |
| Zdzisław Kozień | Agnieszka's Father |
| Irena Laskowska | Museum Worker |
| Wiesław Drzewicz | Hanka's Husband |
| Kazimierz Kaczor | UB Colonel |
| Ewa Ziętek | Colonel's Secretary |
| Elżbieta Borkowska-Szukszta | Blonde |
| Andrzej Grąziewicz | Judge |
| Edmund Karwański | Prosecutor |
| Stefania Kornacka | |
| Henryk Łapiński | Marcin Pawlusiak |
| Jerzy Moniak | Engineer Moniak |
| Irena Oberska | Zakopane Houseekeper |
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| Zbigniew Płoszaj | Chronicle Sound Man |
| Juliusz Roland | Mieczysław Hertz |
| Maciej Rayzacher | ZMP Meeting Chairman |
| Grzegorz Skurski | Agnieszka's Driver |
| Dorota Stalińska | Photojournalist in Okęcie |
| Zdzisław Szymborski | Boardroom Member |
| Mariusz Świgoń | Construction Technician |
| Krystyna Wolańska | Marysia's Guardian |
| Andrzej Wykrętowicz | Jan Wołodkiewicz |
| Feliks Falk | Film Director (uncredited) |
| Stanisław Frąckowiak | Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited) |
| Witold Holtz | Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited) |
| Krzysztof Kiersznowski | Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited) |
| Jarosław Kopaczewski | Worker (uncredited) |
| Ilona Łepkowska | Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited) |
| Stanisław Michalik | Judge (uncredited) |
| Mieczysław Grąbka | Chronicle Narrator (voice) |
| Andrzej Seweryn | Record Beating Announcer (voice) |
| Agnieszka Holland | Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited) |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Człowiek z marmuru |
| Original language | Polski (PL) |
| Spoken languages | Polski |
| Production countries | Poland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Zespół Filmowy "X" |
| Release date | 25 febbraio 1977 |
| Writer | Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski |
| Editing | Halina Prugar-Ketling, Maria Kalicinski |
| Cinematography | Edward Kłosiński, Jacek Lomnicki, Jan Ossowski, Renata Pajchel |
| Assistant directors | Leszek Tarnowski, Magdalena Stelmaszczyk, Jerzy Tomczuk, Andrzej Wajda |
| Camera operators | Edward Kłosiński, Jacek Lomnicki, Jan Ossowski, Renata Pajchel |
| Additional photography | Edward Kłosiński, Jacek Lomnicki, Jan Ossowski, Renata Pajchel |
| Production design | Allan Starski, Wojciech Majda, Maria Osiecka-Kuminek |
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| Art direction | Wojciech Majda, Allan Starski, Maria Osiecka-Kuminek |
| Set decoration | Maria Osiecka-Kuminek, Wojciech Majda, Allan Starski |
| Music | Andrzej Korzyński, Małgorzata Jaworska, Piotr Zawadzki |
| Sound | Andrzej Korzyński, Małgorzata Jaworska, Piotr Zawadzki |
| Costume design | Lidia Rzeszewska, Wiesława Starska, Iwona Kamińska, Anna Adamek |
| Makeup | Anna Adamek, Iwona Kamińska, Lidia Rzeszewska, Wiesława Starska |
| Hairstyling | Iwona Kamińska, Lidia Rzeszewska, Wiesława Starska, Anna Adamek |
| Collection | Solidarity Collection |
Release dates
Premiere
Greece / Oct 02, 2005 / "Panorama of European Cinema" Film Festival in Athens
Limited release
United States / Jan 23, 1981
Theatrical release
Poland / Feb 25, 1977
Germany / Jun 24, 1978 / West Germany
Finland / Oct 13, 1978
Greece / Feb 12, 1979
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Italy / May 09, 1979
Argentina / Sep 27, 1979
Hungary / Nov 15, 1979
Spain / Jan 14, 1980
Denmark / Aug 29, 1980
Sweden / Sep 03, 1980
Japan / Sep 06, 1980
Australia / Sep 25, 1980
Portugal / Dec 19, 1980
XC / Mar 01, 1991
Taiwan / Dec 07, 2012
Physical media
Czechia / Sep 18, 2008
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