✻ Cinema · 2013

Wałesa: Man of Hope

a film by Andrzej Wajda

Scena Score™

6.3/10

Mixed

Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei

How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.

Cast

5 credited

Robert Więckiewicz
as Lech Wałęsa