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Short Working Day(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-11-02
71%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 13m
Overview:
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party. [Produced in 1981, but not commercially released until 1996.]
Languages: Polish.
Countries:
Poland
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Movie: Short Working Day
Top 10 Billed Cast
Wacław Ulewicz
I sekretarz Komitetu Wojewódzkiego w Radomiu
Tadeusz Bartosik
członek egzekutywy KW w Radomiu
Paweł Nowisz
Henio, kierowca I sekretarza
Zbigniew Bielski
Robotnik budujący barykadę
Lech Grzmociński
Komendant wojewódzki MO w Radomiu
Marek Kępiński
Szef kancelarii KW w Radomiu
Barbara Dziekan
Żona mężczyzny rozwalającego hasło
Leon Charewicz
Robotnik pod budynkiem KW
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Overview
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party. [Produced in 1981, but not commercially released until 1996.]
Release Date
1995-11-02
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