
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.

as Lech Wałęsa

as Danuta Wałęsa

as Oriana Fallaci

as Neighbor

as Nurse

as Klemens Gniech

as Bogdan Felski

as Ilona


as Militiaman


as Halina




as Mijak's Wife



as Journalist

as Writer

as Jerzy Kołodziejski


as Alina Pieńkowska


as Rysiek

as LWP Major

as LWP Captain







as Krzysiek

as Majchrzak

as Bogdan Borusewicz

as Anna Walentynowicz







as Jerzy Borowczak

as Seller

as Mijak's Grandfather


as Oriana Fellaci's Translator

as Student

as Baker Pellowski




as Journalist

as Boy

as Journalist


as Militiawoman


as Priest

as Miner

as Ludwik Prądzyński


as Henryka Krzywonos


as Tadeusz Fiszbach

as Krysia

as Nawiślak

as MO Captain

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Bogdan Wałęsa (8-10 years old)

as Wałęsas' Son

as Przemysław Wałęsa (5-7 years old)

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Wałęsas' Son

as Wałęsas' Son

as Wałęsas' Son

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Jarosław Wałęsa (3-5 years old)

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Wałęsas' Son

as Wałęsas' Son

as Wałęsas' Son

as Wałęsas' Son

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Bogdan Wałęsa

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Wałęsas' Daughter

as Wałęsas' Daughter


as SB Officer







as Agnieszka (archive footage) (uncredited)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

as Maciek Tomczyk (archive footage) (uncredited)