Death as a Slice of Bread

Death as a Slice of Bread

1994 · 116 min · ★ 7.5 · Drama, History

Katowice, the night of December 12-13, 1981. Military units occupy strategic points in the city. A group of Zomovniks, smashing union security, drags the chairman of the Company Commission of the NSZZ Solidarity in the Wujek mine out of his apartment. The news quickly spreads to the miners. Initially surprised, they soon react with spontaneous protest. On December 14, a strike breaks out at the plant. The miners demand the lifting of martial law and the release of the chairman. When negotiations fail, the army, ZOMO and militia storm the mine.

Directed by Kazimierz Kutz · Written by Kazimierz Kutz

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Janusz Gajos Miodek
Jerzy Trela Miner Skarga
Jerzy Radziwiłowicz Parish Priest
Mariusz Benoit Miner Krasucki
Roman Gancarczyk Jurek Putek
Jan Peszek Major WP
Przemysław Branny Miner Tadeusz
Ryszard Jasiński Miner Gładysz
Szymon Kuśmider Miner Grzegorz Handy
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska Physician
Anna Dymna Józef's Wife
Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik Ania

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