Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

Original Title: Solidarnosc – Der Mauerfall begann in Polen
Release: 2019 | Community Score: 70%

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.

Cast

Corinna Waldbauer

Corinna Waldbauer

Self - Narrator (voice)
Stanisław Ciosek

Stanisław Ciosek

Self - Politician
Barbara Labuda

Barbara Labuda

Self - Politician
Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland

Self - Filmmaker
Jacek Petrycki

Jacek Petrycki

Self - Cameraman
Michał Bukojemski

Michał Bukojemski

Self - Cameraman
Basil Kerski

Basil Kerski

Self - Journalist
Tadeusz Mazowiecki

Tadeusz Mazowiecki

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II

Self (archive footage)
Anna Walentynowicz

Anna Walentynowicz

Self - Political Activist (archive footage)
Mieczysław Jagielski

Mieczysław Jagielski

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Bronisław Geremek

Bronisław Geremek

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Wojciech Jaruzelski

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Self - Politician (archive footage)
Zbigniew Lewicki

Zbigniew Lewicki

Self - Politologist (archive footage)
Jerzy Popiełuszko

Jerzy Popiełuszko

Self - Priest (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self - Politician (archive footage)