Walesa: Man of Hope Review

Walesa: Man of Hope
Lech Walesa (Robert Wieckiewicz) rises from shipyard worker to freedom fighter, founding the Polish Solidarity movement and fighting for the independence of Poland

by William Thomas |
Published on
Release Date:

28 Jan 2013

Running Time:

217 minutes

Certificate:

12

Original Title:

Walesa: Man of Hope

Andrzej Wajda’s two-fingered salute to Lech Walesa invigorates his rise from shipyard to freedom-fighter with a crashing Polish punk score. It’s like a biopic fed through warm fuzzbox, spiky and defiant, as personal as it is political, and fired up and fleshed out by Robert Wieckiewicz’s gruff, belligerent Lech-alikey.

Like a biopic fed through warm fuzzbox, spiky and defiant, as personal as it is political.
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