Plot Summary
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Solidarnosc – Der Mauerfall begann in Polen
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- de
Where to watch free (US)
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Cast
Corinna Waldbauer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Politician
Barbara Labuda
Self - Politician
Agnieszka Holland
Self - Filmmaker
Jacek Petrycki
Self - Cameraman
Michał Bukojemski
Self - Cameraman
Basil Kerski
Self - Journalist
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Pope John Paul II
Self (archive footage)
Anna Walentynowicz
Self - Political Activist (archive footage)
Mieczysław Jagielski
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Lech Wałęsa
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bronisław Geremek
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Zbigniew Lewicki
Self - Politologist (archive footage)
Jerzy Popiełuszko
Self - Priest (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Production Companies
LOOKSfilm
NDR
ARTE
