MOONLIGHTING
synopsis
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.
original title: | Moonlighting |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 1982 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jerzy Skolimowski |
film run: | 97' |
release date: | FR 20/05/1982, UK 07/1982, CH 06/08/1982, DE 13/12/1982, FI 11/03/1983, SE 26/08/1983, PT 16/08/1984, IT 13/10/1984, GR 14/11/2000 |
screenplay: | Jerzy Skolimowski |
cast: | Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski, Jirí Stanislav |
cinematography by: | Tony Pierce-Roberts |
film editing: | Barrie Vince |
art director: | Tony Woollard |
costumes designer: | Jane Robinson |
producer: | Mark Shivas, Jerzy Skolimowski, Michael White |
associate producer: | Michael Guest |