East European History Table of Contents Courses History 0200 Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3 Topic 4 Topic 5 Midterm Review Final Exam Options Final Review Historical Timelines 1998-1953 1953-1998 History 1270 Outline Questions Useful Links Maps Related Sites News Sources Library Resources		Man of Marble (Czlowiek z marmuru) 1976   Director: Andrzej Wajda Sequel: Man of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza) 1981 Bibliography: Herbert Eagle, "Film Language and the Artist's Truth," Cross Currents 1982, pp. 339-352 (on reserve) Main characters: Agnieszka (young film maker, making her senior project film) Agnieszka 's Advisor, a young "careerist" Burski (established film maker, director of "Birth of a City" and the propaganda film "Builders of our Happinness" both of which featured Birkut Mateusz Birkut (object of Agnieszka's film, 1950s hero of labor) Maciek Tomczyk (son of Birkut, played by the same actor as Birkut) Hanka Tomczyk (Birkut's common law wife) Witek (Birkut's friend) Places: Nowa Huta--communist project Gdansk--site of 1970 workers' upsurge, birthplace of Solidarity Warsaw--capital, where film studios are Village where Agnieszka's father lives Discussion Questions: 1. In Man of Marble when does Wajda use color and when does he use black and white? 2. What historical insights does Agnieszka gain in the process of researching her senior project? 3. If we can trust Wajda's depiction in this film, what was Poland like in the 1970s?
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