An account of how Lech Walesa and the "Solidarity" trade union confronted the might of Communist dictatorship in Poland.
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Richard Crenna Bernard Hill Alec McCowen Roy Kinnear John Woodvine Don Henderson Frank Middlemass John Bluthal Richard Kane Tom Wilkinson Gary Waldhorn Jonathan Adams George Irving Martin Wyldeck Peter Bayliss Frank Ellis Colin Jeavons Michael N. Harbour John Antrobus Mark Dignam Leon Lissek Anthony May James Warrior Gordon Gostelow Neil McCaul Bill McCabe Matthew Long Nicholas McArdle Henry Moxon Ralph Nossek Robert Percival John Rogan Philip Raymond Robin Summers Bob Sessions Trevor T. Smith Jon Glover Frank Jakeman Stuart Cox Ronald Forfar
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