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Death as a Slice of Bread (1994)

Death as a Slice of Bread (1994)

Drama History
Release Date: 1994, May 7
Directors: Kazimierz Kutz
Countries: Poland
Production: Społeczny Komitet Realizacji Filmu Fabularnego o Tragedii w Kopalni "Wujek", Społeczny Komitet Realizacji Filmu Fabularnego o Tragedii w Kopalni "Wujek", Studio Filmowe Tor, Studio Filmowe Tor, Telewizja Polska, Telewizja Polska
Cast: Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Trela, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Jan Peszek, Anna Dymna, Roman Gancarczyk, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Adam Baumann, Mariusz Benoit, Szymon Kuśmider, Przemysław Branny

Overview:

Katowice, the night of December 12-13, 1981. Military units occupy strategic points in the city. A group of Zomovniks, smashing union security, drags the chairman of the Company Commission of the NSZZ Solidarity in the Wujek mine out of his apartment. The news quickly spreads to the miners. Initially surprised, they soon react with spontaneous protest. On December 14, a strike breaks out at the plant. The miners demand the lifting of martial law and the release of the chairman. When negotiations fail, the army, ZOMO and militia storm the mine.