Short Working Day (1981)

Original title

Krótki dzień pracy

Directed by

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Genre

drama film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h 13m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A local Communist Party secretary in 1970s Poland faces a workers' protest. The film follows his attempts to manage the situation from his office.

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What happens

Short Working Day (Polish: Krótki dzień pracy) is a Polish film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. Written by Kieślowski and Hanna Krall, the film is about the workers protests in June '76 in Radom, as seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party. The film is based on real events, but the characters are fictional. Short Working Day was filmed in 1981, but did not have its official premiere until November 1995 at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. During the intervening years, however, it was shown many times in film clubs and at special screenings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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