Śmierć jako kromka chleba, 1994
Director | Kazimierz Kutz | |
Screenplay | Kazimierz Kutz | |
Cinematography | Wieslaw Zdrot | |
Music | Wojciech Kilar | |
Art Direction | Boleslaw Kamykowski |
Engineer Matyka | Janusz Gajos | |
Skarga | Jerzy Trela | |
Priest | Jerzy Radziwilowicz | |
Krasucki | Mariusz Benoit | |
Head Engineer at the coal-mine | Marian Dziedziel |
The violence and high drama of this film is taken directly from recent Polish history. On December 13, 1981 national security forces swoop down on unsuspecting workers of the Wujek mine and arrest a Solidarity leader. Pushed to the limits, the miners call a massive strike, which is specifically forbidden under the martial law. A battle between the heavily armed police and the outnumbered miners ensues, and nine miners are killed.