Man of Marble, Cz艂owiek z Marmuru, 1976, 156 min.
Saturday, November 1, 7:00 pm
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Screenwriter: Aleksander 艢cibor-Rylski
Principal Cast: Jerzy Radziwi艂艂owicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz 艁omnicki
A milestone in Polish cinema, often described as 鈥渢he Polish Citizen Kane鈥�, Wajda鈥檚 Man of Marble tells the story of a determined filmmaker, Agnieszka, who sets out to make a documentary about an over-achieving worker in the 1950s, Mateusz Birkut. Through talks with people who knew Birkut and archives of old newsreels found in vaults, Agnieszka discovers the truth about the hero of the time, the time in which she lives, and, last but not least, about herself.