1977 | Drama |153 min.
Wednesday, Oct.31, 7:00 pm. Part of the Polish History in Film Masterpieces Film Series presented by the Polish Cultural Fund. Free and open to the public!
In repressive mid-1970s Poland, documentary filmmaker Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda) begins work on a film about Mateusz Birkut (Jerzy Radziwilowicz), a bricklayer who had briefly been hailed as a hero of the proletariat in the 1950s, but then disappeared into obscurity. In piecing together details about the bricklayer's mysterious life, she discovers that his involvement in organized labor had been viewed negatively by party bosses, and that her own investigations could put her in danger. Originally released in 1977. Directed by Andrzej Wajda.