Release Date

14 Aug, 1981

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The film begins with two symbolic scenes: an eagle fluttering in a cage. Cossacks cut down pine trees with sabers to clear the field of fire. It is June 1980. A large rubbish dump near Wólka Węglowa, exactly where Polish cavalrymen charged German troops in 1939. Not far away is the Warsaw Steelworks. A group of former cavalrymen renew their efforts to erect a monument to the Polish cavalry. The cavalrymen stage a reenactment of the charge; it is a commented reconstruction of those events, supported by film documents. A strike breaks out on the coast, then at the Warsaw Steelworks. On radio and television, editor Ryszard Wojna warns the public against a repeat of the events of 1863. This has no effect on the workers' decision. A strike committee is formed at the steelworks, and the workers formulate their demands. The scenes at the steelworks and the strike situations are filmed live.

Original Title

Szarża, czyli przypomnienie kanonu

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Actors

Gabriel Nehrebecki

Olgierd Łukaszewicz

Andrzej Siedlecki

Jan Moes

Eugeniusz Iwanowski

Zbigniew Stacherski

Stanisław Sobański

Jerzy Strzałkowski

Wlodzimierz Rzeczycki

Tadeusz Uszyński

Józef Kossecki

Seweryn Jaworski

Janusz Komorowski

Michał Stępkowski

Witold Wilhelmi

Władysław Dzieliński

Józef Wasyluk

Jan Dolata

Zbigniew Bartosiewicz

Jerzy Moes

Crew

Krzysztof Wojciechowski

Krzysztof Wojciechowski

Janusz Kieszkiewicz

Jerzy Müller

Czesław Niemen

Ewa Sztompke

Łucja Ośko

Józef Leszek Sobczyk