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The Calm (1980)

The Calm (1980)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1980, September 19
Directors: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Countries: Poland
Cast: Elżbieta Karkoszka, Jerzy Stuhr, Jerzy Trela, Izabela Olszewska, Danuta Wiercińska, Michal Sulkiewicz, Michał Żarnecki

Overview:

A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.