Andrzej Wajda\'s "Man of Iron" is a 1981 Polish drama film about the Solidarity labor movement in Poland. The film follows a young worker, Maciek Tomczyk, as he becomes involved in the movement and its struggles
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Andrzej Witold Wajda was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of A Generation (1955), Kanał (1957) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).