TMDb Rating
6.8/10
13 verified votes
The Calm (1980)
DramaTV Movie
81 min
Plot Summary
A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. He wants to start a new life in a place where he is not known and dreams only of a job, a wife and a family. He succeeds partially in fulfilling these dreams, but then runs into a conflict on a construction job between the corrupt boss and fellow workers secretly planning a strike. He becomes a pawn in one camp while remaining true to his ideals in the other. Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years.
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DramaTV MovieKrzysztof KieślowskiJerzy StuhrIzabela Olszewska1980
Director
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Top Cast
Jerzy StuhrIzabela OlszewskaJerzy TrelaDanuta WiercińskaMichal Sulkiewicz
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