STRIKE
synopsis
Based on the life of Walentynowicz, a model employee at the Gdańsk shipyard. In 1970, after getting involved with the opposition, she was arrested and tortured. She continued her fight and eventually caused the outbreak of a general strike, which led to the overthrow of Communist rule in Poland.
| international title: | Strike |
| original title: | Strajk - Die Heldin von Danzig |
| country: | Poland, Germany |
| year: | 2006 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Volker Schlöndorff |
| release date: | PL 23/02/2007, DE 08/03/2007 |
| screenplay: | Andreas Pflüger, Sylke Rene Meyer |
| cast: | Katharina Thalbach, Andrzej Chyra, Dominique Horwitz, Andrzej Grabowski, Dariusz Kowalski |
| cinematography by: | Andreas Höfer |
| film editing: | Peter Przygodda, Wanda Zeman |
| art director: | Robert Czesak |
| costumes designer: | Ewa Krauze |
| music: | Jean-Michel Jarre |
| producer: | Jürgen Haase, Maciej Ślesicki |
| production: | Paisa Films, Provobis Film, Mediopolis GmbH, BR Bayerischer Rundfunk (DE) |
| backing: | Film Polski |
| distributor: | Best Film, Progress (DE) |
