Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei, 2013, 110 min.
2014
Palm Springs International Film Festival
HP Bridging The Borders Award
2013
Chicago International Film Festival
Silver Hugo, Best Actor Award for Robert Wieckiewicz
| Director | Andrzej Wajda | |
| Screenplay | Janusz Glowacki | |
| Cinematography | Pawel Edelman | |
| Music | Paweł Mykietyn | |
| Art Direction | Magdalena Dipont | |
| Producer(s) | Michal Kwiecinski |
| Lech Walesa | Robert Wieckiewicz | |
| Danuta Walesa | Agnieszka Grochowska | |
| Oriana Fallaci | Maria Rosario Omaggio | |
| Nawislak | Zbigniew Zamachowicz | |
| Majchrzak | Cezary Kosinski | |
| Klemens Gniech | Miroslaw Baka | |
| Priest | Maciej Stuhr | |
| Tadeusz Fiszbach | Adam Woronowicz | |
| Malinowski | Arkadiusz Detmar |
The depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland’s Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.
This historical perspective, combined with a dynamic story of daily life in the Polish People’s Republic, should help comprehend the phenomenon of those transformations. The film is mainly addressed to young people, at the same time constituting a reminder of an outstanding filmmaker. Sometimes you must fight for freedom, sometimes you must defend it, there are, however, no circumstances which could excuse you from contemplating our freedom.