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) |