Gierek

Gierek

Gierek

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Gierek

"The truth will always come out!"

2022

2h 20m

4.5(23 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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Starring

Michał Koterski

Michał Koterski

Edward Gierek

Sebastian Stankiewicz

Sebastian Stankiewicz

Włodzimierz Maślak

Antoni Pawlicki

Antoni Pawlicki

General Roztocki

Rafał Zawierucha

Rafał Zawierucha

Filip Rawicki

Małgorzata Kożuchowska

Małgorzata Kożuchowska

Stanisława Gierek

Agnieszka Więdłocha

Agnieszka Więdłocha

Marzena Pazik

Damian Bajorek

Wasiak

Ewa Ziętek

Ewa Ziętek

Paulina

Zbigniew Kozłowski

Zbigniew Kozłowski

Dygnitary

Konrad Makowski

Dygnitary

Creative team

Directed by: Michał Węgrzyn
Written by: Michał Kalicki
Rafał Woś
Produced by: Heathcliff Janusz Iwanowski
Jolanta Owczarczyk

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