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.
Directed by Andrzej Wajda
individual
hero
poland
archive footage
bricklayer
communism
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.9 / 5
Cast
Krystyna Janda
Agnieszka
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz
Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Jerzy Burski
Michał Tarkowski
Witek
Piotr Cieślak
Michalak
Wiesław Wójcik
Jodła
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Hanka Tomczyk
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Editor
Bogusław Sobczuk
TV Editor
Leonard Zajączkowski
Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP
Jacek Domański
Sound Man
Zdzisław Kozień
Agnieszka's Father
Crew
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski
Screenplay
Andrzej Korzyński
Original Music Composer
Halina Prugar-Ketling
Editor
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
Barbara Pec-Ślesicka
Production Supervisor
Lidia Rzeszewska
Costume Design
Allan Starski
Production Design
Maria Osiecka-Kuminek
Set Decoration
Wiesława Starska
Costume Design
Popular Reviews
19 reviews
Coco la bien
10.0★ · 02/20/26
Super diptyque
Super diptyque
louisePRO
10.0★ · 02/15/26
aspiruje byc taka jak agnieszka🤤
aspiruje byc taka jak agnieszka🤤
maïa
i aspire to reach this level of cuntyness in my life
i aspire to reach this level of cuntyness in my life