Man of Marble

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Man of Marble is a landmark 1977 Polish film by director Andrzej Wajda that critically examines Stalinist-era propaganda and the manipulation of a model worker’s life story.

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Man of Marble canonical 4
Człowiek z marmuru 2

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instanceOf Polish film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awarded FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
linked to: FIPRESCI Prize
cinematographyBy Edward Kłosiński ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
countryOfSetting Poland ⓘ
criticizes Stalinist-era labor hero cult ⓘ
depicts Nowa Huta ⓘ
linked to: Nowa Huta district
director Andrzej Wajda ⓘ
distributor Polish state film distribution ⓘ
examines socialist realism in film ⓘ
featuresActor Tadeusz Łomnicki ⓘ
follows young filmmaker investigating past propaganda ⓘ
genre historical drama ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
hasFilmTechnique intercutting past and present timelines ⓘ
use of archival-style footage ⓘ
hasLegacy considered a landmark of Polish cinema ⓘ
influenced subsequent political films in Poland ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
leadActor Jerzy Radziwiłowicz ⓘ
Krystyna Janda ⓘ
mainCharacter Agnieszka ⓘ
Mateusz Birkut ⓘ
mainTheme critique of Stalinist propaganda ⓘ
manipulation of historical narrative ⓘ
myth of the socialist model worker ⓘ
musicBy Andrzej Korzyński ⓘ
narrativeDevice film-within-a-film ⓘ
originalTitle Człowiek z marmuru ⓘ
linked to: Man of Marble
partOf Polish cinema of moral anxiety ⓘ
linked to: Polish New Wave
portrays abuse of power by party officials ⓘ
disillusionment with socialist ideals ⓘ
film censorship in communist Poland ⓘ
model worker ⓘ
producedByStudio Zespół Filmowy X ⓘ
producer Andrzej Wajda ⓘ
productionCompany Zespół Filmowy X ⓘ
releaseYear 1977 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 165 ⓘ
screenedAt Cannes Film Festival ⓘ
screenwriter Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski ⓘ
sequel Man of Iron ⓘ
setInPeriod Stalinist era in Poland ⓘ
subjectOf scholarly analysis on propaganda in cinema ⓘ
writtenIn Polish language ⓘ

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Andrzej Wajda → notableWork → Man of Marble ⓘ
Bogusław Linda → notableWork → Człowiek z marmuru ⓘ
linked to: Man of Marble
Man of Marble → originalTitle → Człowiek z marmuru ⓘ
linked to: Man of Marble
Man of Iron → follows → Man of Marble ⓘ
Man of Iron → isSequelTo → Man of Marble ⓘ
Daniel Olbrychski → notableWork → Man of Marble ⓘ