Man of Marble(1977)
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.
Movie: Man of Marble
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Agnieszka
Mateusz Birkut / Maciek Tomczyk
Jerzy Burski
Witek
Michalak
Jodła
Hanka Tomczyk
Editor
TV Editor
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