The violence and high drama of this film is taken directly from recent Polish history. On December 13, 1981 national security forces swoop down on unsuspecting workers of the Wujek mine and arrest a Solidarity leader. Pushed to the limits, the miners call a massive strike, which is specifically forbidden under the martial law. A battle between the heavily armed police and the o...
In 1978, Andrzej Wajda exhibited at the Stary Theater in Krakow - on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of regaining independence - a seven-hour spectacle-river, based on works by Young Poland and inter-war writers. The script combines fragments of texts by Micha Baucki, Gabriela Zapolska, Jan August Kisielewski, Zygmunt Kawecki, Stanisaw Przybyszewski, Tadeusz Boy-eleńsk...
