German filmmaker Volker Schlondorff's drama about the roots of the Polish revolution against communism borrows its title from Sergei Eisenstein (who would have loved its juxtaposition of archival footage of Polish workers and Jean-Michel Jarre's "Industrial Symphony"), and revolves around a fictionalized version of Anna Walentynowicz. Dubbed the "Mother of Modern Poland," her lifelong contributions to the struggle for workers' rights have been largely overshadowed in the West by those of Lech Walesa, the face of the Solidarity Movement.
Danzig, 1961: Barely literate Agnieska Kowalska (Katharina Thalbach, star of Schlondorff's THE TIN DRUM) has worked as a we...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
113 mins