Czarne skrzydła

Czarne skrzydła

1963 · 105 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

The miners of one of the mines in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie receive news about the planned layoffs. The miners decide to organize a strike. One of the local MPs is trying to prevent this from happening. The French mine owner makes a dangerous decision - he orders the miners to work in an area at risk of fire. An explosion occurs unexpectedly. The miners lynch Coeur, and their demonstration, in which they carry the bodies of the victims of the crash, is brutally suppressed by the police.

Directed by Czesław Petelski · Written by Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski

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Kazimierz Opaliński Kostryń, manager of 'Erazm'
Czesław Wołłejko Coeur, manager
Zdzisław Karczewski Antoni Mieniewski
Wojciech Siemion Jan Dus
Beata Tyszkiewicz Zuza Kostryniowa
Stanisław Niwiński Tadeusz Miniewski
Maria Homerska Kostryniowa
Zbigniew Koczanowicz Martyzel
Tadeusz Fijewski Falkiewicz
Józef Łodyński Koza, trade-union secretary
Helena Dąbrowska Knote
Edward Wichura Lt. Kapuścik, Police Vommandant

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