Gierek

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Gierek

2022

2h 20m

4.5(21 votes)

Drama

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Overview

A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people.

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56 members

Acting

Michał Koterski

Edward Gierek

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Sebastian Stankiewicz

Włodzimierz Maślak

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Antoni Pawlicki

General Roztocki

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Rafał Zawierucha

Filip Rawicki

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Małgorzata Kożuchowska

Stanisława Gierek

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Agnieszka Więdłocha

Marzena Pazik

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Damian Bajorek

Wasiak

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Ewa Ziętek

Paulina

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Zbigniew Kozłowski

Dygnitary

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Konrad Makowski

Dygnitary

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Philippe Tłokiński

Banker Piere Lavale

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Waldemar Węgrzyn

Adam Gierek

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Cezary Żak

Leonid Breżniew

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Kamil Bajorek

Jeziorak

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Jan Frycz

Stefan Wyszyński

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Aleksander Mackiewicz

SB officer

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Anna Haba

Wanda

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Konrad Marszałek

Czesiek

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Krzysztof Tyniec

KGB General

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Piotr Tołoczko

Militiaman

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Nicole Bogdanowicz

Gierek's Secretary

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Dominika Gwit-Dunaszewska

Gierek's Secretary

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Piotr Więcławski

Popiłow

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Klaudia Halejcio

Krystyna Ryba

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Bartłomiej Pietraszewski

Unknown Role

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Mikołaj Roznerski

Shipyard Worker

Crew

Jakub Węgrzyn

MO Captain

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Cezary Łukaszewicz

Literary Man Czesio

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Michał Chorosiński

Engineer

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Wojciech Zygmunt

Literary Man

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Piotr Witkowski

Banker Oldman

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Lech Sołuba

Władysław Gomułka

Writing

Rafał Woś

Economist

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Jakub Józefowicz

Aleksander

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Adrian Salamon

Unknown Role

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Paweł Krok

Shipyard Worker

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Jan Pyrek

Unknown Role

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Dariusz Zbytniewski

President Gerald Ford

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Amelia Radecka

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Jakub Świderski

Unknown Role

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Natalia Lesz

Singer Stella

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Weronika Cendrowska

French Translator

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Writing

Krzysztof Tyszowiecki

President of France

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Sound

Grzegorz Zioła

John Goodman

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Sebastian Wątroba

Professor

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Jacek Bagiński

Unknown Role

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Zbigniew Ratkiewicz

Russian

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Łukasz Sitnicki

Economist

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Marianna Januszewicz

Paulina (young)

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Maciej Zakościelny

Professor-General Kaliciak

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Sara Meguedad

Healer

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Igor Przybylski

Balmour

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Michał Pławecki

Armando Scuro

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Anna Samusionek

Physician

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Agnieszka Dąbrowska-Riddersholm

Ania

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Artur Fitał

Nurse

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