Wałesa: Man of Hope

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Wałesa: Man of Hope

2013

2h 7m

5.7(80 votes)

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How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

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102 members

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Robert Więckiewicz

Lech Wałęsa

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Agnieszka Grochowska

Danuta Wałęsa

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Maria Rosaria Omaggio

Oriana Fallaci

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Katarzyna Ankudowicz

Neighbor

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Barbara Babilińska

Nurse

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Mirosław Baka

Klemens Gniech

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Waldemar Barwiński

Bogdan Felski

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Iwona Bielska

Ilona

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Przemysław Bluszcz

Unknown Role

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Wojciech Błach

Militiaman

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Tomasz Budyta

Unknown Role

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Ewa Konstancja Bułhak

Halina

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Andrzej Grabowski

Unknown Role

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Aleksander Skowroński

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Ewa Bzdęga

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Maria Ciunelis

Mijak's Wife

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Paweł Ciołkosz

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Michał Czernecki

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Marek Czetwertyński

Journalist

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Arkadiusz Detmer

Writer

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Ireneusz Dydliński

Jerzy Kołodziejski

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Henryk Gołębiewski

Unknown Role

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Anna Gryszkówna

Alina Pieńkowska

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Mirosław Haniszewski

Unknown Role

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Marcin Hycnar

Rysiek

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Mateusz Janicki

LWP Major

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Arkadiusz Janiczek

LWP Captain

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Piotr Jankowski

Unknown Role

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Wojciech Kalarus

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Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel

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Maciej Konopiński

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Andrzej Konopka

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Łukasz Konopka

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Mateusz Kościukiewicz

Krzysiek

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Cezary Kosiński

Majchrzak

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Bogusław Kudłek

Bogdan Borusewicz

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Ewa Kuryło

Anna Walentynowicz

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Wojciech Leonowicz

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Piotr Łukawski

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Cezary Łukaszewicz

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Grzegorz Małecki

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Maciej Marczewski

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Jakub Mazurek

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Michał Meyer

Jerzy Borowczak

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Olga Miłaszewska

Seller

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Jerzy Nasierowski

Mijak's Grandfather

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Mateusz Nędza

Unknown Role

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Giovanni Pampiglione

Oriana Fellaci's Translator

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Józef Pawłowski

Student

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Łukasz Pellowski

Baker Pellowski

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Marcin Perchuć

Unknown Role

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Piotr Probosz

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Grzegorz Przybył

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Maciej Robakiewicz

Journalist

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Wojciech Rotowski

Boy

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Tomasz Schuchardt

Journalist

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Krzysztof Skonieczny

Unknown Role

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Magdalena Smalara

Militiawoman

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Wojciech Solarz

Unknown Role

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Maciej Stuhr

Priest

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Artur Święs

Miner

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Jakub Świderski

Ludwik Prądzyński

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Paweł Tomaszewski

Unknown Role

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Dorota Wellman

Henryka Krzywonos

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Piotr Witkowski

Unknown Role

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Adam Woronowicz

Tadeusz Fiszbach

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Małgorzata Zajączkowska

Krysia

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Zbigniew Zamachowski

Nawiślak

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Dawid Zawadzki

MO Captain

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Oliwia Gadomska

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Marcel Głogowski

Bogdan Wałęsa (8-10 years old)

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Szymon Gutowski

Wałęsas' Son

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Kamil Jaworski

Przemysław Wałęsa (5-7 years old)

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Marta Kabała

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Kamil Kieroński

Wałęsas' Son

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Ignacy Klim

Wałęsas' Son

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Wiktor Lament

Wałęsas' Son

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Natalia Lea Libudzic

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Wiktor Malinowski

Jarosław Wałęsa (3-5 years old)

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Amelia Martinelilis

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Julia Najmark

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Natan Olczak

Wałęsas' Son

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Patryk Paciorek

Wałęsas' Son

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Karol Pasek

Wałęsas' Son

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Michał Peciak

Wałęsas' Son

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Łucja Piwowarczyk

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Blanka Puzynowska

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Jan Rotowski

Bogdan Wałęsa

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Antonina Szafrańska

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Julia Wacławska

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Julia Żak

Wałęsas' Daughter

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Julia Piwowarczyk

Unknown Role

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Jerzy Pietrusiński

SB Officer

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Crew

Piotr Nawrocki

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Mariusz Krakowski

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Andrzej Chyliński

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Paweł Załęski

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Ireneusz Stromski

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Józef Pstrong

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Krystyna Janda

Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Marian Opania

(archive footage) (uncredited)

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Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

Maciek Tomczyk (archive footage) (uncredited)

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