
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun.
Release Date: 10/1/2019
Runtime: 52 minutes
Languages: English, French, German, Polish
Director: Ania Szczepańska
00Companies: LOOKSfilm, NDR, ARTE
Countries: Germany
Michał Bukojemski
Self - Cameraman
Corinna Waldbauer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Stanisław Ciosek
Self - Politician
Barbara Labuda
Self - Politician

Agnieszka Holland
Self - Filmmaker
Jacek Petrycki
Self - Cameraman
Michał Bukojemski
Self - Cameraman
Basil Kerski
Self - Journalist
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Pope John Paul II
Self (archive footage)
Anna Walentynowicz
Self - Political Activist (archive footage)
Mieczysław Jagielski
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Lech Wałęsa
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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