Documentary ·History ·TV Movie · Germany · 2019 · 52m

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

Solidarnosc – Der Mauerfall begann in Polen

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe poster
Director
Ania Szczepańska
Cast
Corinna Waldbauer as Self - Narrator (voice) Stanisław Ciosek as Self - Politician Barbara Labuda as Self - Politician Agnieszka Holland as Self - Filmmaker Jacek Petrycki as Self - Cameraman Michał Bukojemski as Self - Cameraman
Crew
Nicolás Villegas — Director of Photography Jeannette-Maria Giza — Editor Laurent Eyquem — Original Music Composer Roman Carsten Keller — Original Music Composer Ania Szczepańska — Writer Christin Schutta — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
berlin walliron curtaintrade unionanti-communismhuman rightslabor unionshipyardcommunist propagandaworkers unionfight for justice1980spolitical repression
Key Collaborators
Ania Szczepańska Director Nicolás Villegas Director of Photography Jeannette-Maria Giza Editor Laurent Eyquem Original Music Composer Roman Carsten Keller Original Music Composer Ania Szczepańska Writer Christin Schutta Producer
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