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Man of Marble

1977·2h 40m
Drama
IMDb Rating
★ 7.6/10
5,313 votes

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.

Man of Marble is a 1977 drama movie directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Krystyna Janda, Jacek Lomnicki, Tadeusz Lomnicki. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6/10 from 5,313 votes and runs 2h 40m.

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Director
Andrzej Wajda
Stars
Krystyna Janda
Jacek Lomnicki
Tadeusz Lomnicki
Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Creators
Aleksander Scibor-Rylski
Details
1977-02-25
160 min
Movie
★ Poland
★ Polish
Keywords
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