04 FEBRUARY - 29 MARCH 2026

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  • Two Visions One Nation: Wajda and Żuławski

Programmes in Lancaster

  • ASHES AND DIAMONDS + INTRO

    Andrzej Wajda

    11 Apr, 14:00
    The Dukes
    In the last days of the Second World War, Maciek, a Polish resistance fighter, is tasked with the assassination of a Communist official. When he meets Krystyna, he is offered a glimpse of a world beyond war and destruction, and questions...
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  • MAN OF MARBLE

    Andrzej Wajda

    18 Apr, 13:30
    The Dukes
    In the 1970s, young filmmaker Agnieszka investigates the life of a 1950s bricklayer and worker’s hero. When she learns that the facts behind his story were suppressed, she has to decide whether to pursue the truth or not. Man of Marble...
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  • MAN OF IRON

    Andrzej Wajda

    22 Apr, 17:30
    The Dukes
    The Palme d’Or-winning follow-up to Man of Marble sees Winkel, a Communist-friendly radio journalist, charged with finding compromising information about a Solidarity opposition leader. But in witnessing protesting workers’ fight against...
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