Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

The story

Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun.

Cast & crew

Corinna Waldbauer

Corinna WaldbauerSelf - Narrator (voice)

Stanisław Ciosek

Stanisław CiosekSelf - Politician

Barbara Labuda

Barbara LabudaSelf - Politician

Agnieszka HollandSelf - Filmmaker

Jacek Petrycki

Jacek PetryckiSelf - Cameraman

Michał Bukojemski

Michał BukojemskiSelf - Cameraman

Basil Kerski

Basil KerskiSelf - Journalist

Tadeusz Mazowiecki

Tadeusz MazowieckiSelf - Politician (archive footage)

Pope John Paul IISelf (archive footage)

Anna Walentynowicz

Anna WalentynowiczSelf - Political Activist (archive footage)

Mieczysław Jagielski

Mieczysław JagielskiSelf - Politician (archive footage)

Lech WałęsaSelf - Politician (archive footage)