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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.
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153 min
1977-02-25
Released
Polish
80
7
Agnieszka
Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Jerzy Burski
Jerzy Burski (young)
Witek
Michalak
Jodła
Hanka Tomczyk
Editor
TV Editor
Leonard Zajączkowski, Agnieszka's DP
Sound Man
Agnieszka's Father
Museum Worker
Hanka's Husband
UB Colonel
Colonel's Secretary
Blonde
Judge
Prosecutor
Marcin Pawlusiak
Engineer Moniak
Zakopane Houseekeper
Chronicle Sound Man
Mieczysław Hertz
ZMP Meeting Chairman
Agnieszka's Driver
Photojournalist in Okęcie
Boardroom Member
Construction Technician
Marysia's Guardian
Jan Wołodkiewicz
Film Director (uncredited)
Party Member from Warsaw (uncredited)
Man talking with Burski in Okęcie (uncredited)
Party Member congratulating Birkut (uncredited)
Worker (uncredited)
Organiser of Birkut's Demonstration in Żabinka Mała (uncredited)
Judge (uncredited)
Chronicle Narrator (voice)
Record Beating Announcer (voice)
Woman talking with Birkut on a Recording (voice) (uncredited)
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