Short Working Day (1995)
A dramatisation of the workers' protests in June 1976 in Radom, seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party. [Produced in 1981, but not commercially released until 1996.]
Top billed cast
Wacław UlewiczI sekretarz Komitetu Wojewódzkiego w Radomiu
Mirosław SiedlerDziałacz KOR
Tadeusz Bartosikczłonek egzekutywy KW w Radomiu
Paweł NowiszHenio, kierowca I sekretarza
Zbigniew BielskiRobotnik budujący barykadę- Elżbieta KijowskaBogusia, sekretarka I sekretarza
Lech GrzmocińskiKomendant wojewódzki MO w Radomiu
Marek KępińskiSzef kancelarii KW w Radomiu
Barbara DziekanŻona mężczyzny rozwalającego hasło
Leon CharewiczRobotnik pod budynkiem KW
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