A205_Man of Marble

Szilvásy Nándor

Publication Date: 1979

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Size: B4 (cca. 25 x 35 cm). Original vintage Hungarian poster maquette for a Polish movie by Nandor Szilvasy from 1979 Man of Marble Polish Cz owiek z marmuru is a 1976 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda It chronicles the fall from grace of a fictional heroic Polish bricklayer Mateusz Birkut played by Jerzy Radziwi owicz who became the Stakhanovite symbol of an over achieving worker in Nowa Huta a new real life socialist city near Krak w Agnieszka played by Krystyna Janda in her first role is a young filmmaker who is making her diploma film a student graduation requirement on Birkut whose whereabouts seems to have been lost two decades later The title refers to the propagandist marble statues made in Birkut s image It is somewhat of a surprise that Wajda would have been able to make such a film sub silentio attacking the socialist realism of Nowa Huta revealing the use of propaganda and political corruption during the period of Stalinism The film director presaged the loosening grip of the Soviets that came with the Solidarity Movement though it has been acknowledged by Polish film historians that due to censorship the script languished in development hell since 1962 The film extensively uses original documentation footage from the construction of Nowa Huta and other subjects of Poland s early communist era as well as the propagandist inspirational music of Stalinist Poland source wikipedia org Paper, hand painting, drawing (paint, pencil). Seller Inventory # 3451

Bibliographic Details

Title: A205_Man of Marble

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near mint.