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Pearl in the Crown

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'Pearl in the Crown' is a 1972 Polish drama film directed by Kazimierz Kutz. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Plot



The film takes place in August 1934 in the Polish part of Upper Silesia. The film tells the story of a strike in the fictional mine "Zygmunt". Ja, a young miner who works in the mine in question, has a wife and two young sons. Ja comes home from shift. The next day he learns that the unprofitable mine is to be closed by flooding with water. A strike breaks out. Families help the strikers, despite the fact that the mine is surrounded by a police cordon. Petitions to the Government remain unanswered, the management persists, so the miners announce a hunger strike. The police retaliate by violently breaking up the demonstration. The determined miners decide to continue the strike underground despite the imminent threat of the mine being flooded, as per the original plan. Finally though, the management signs a settlement, and the miners come to the surface and they go back to their families.

Cast



* ucja Kowolik - Wikta

* Olgierd ukaszewicz - Jas

* Jan Englert - Erwin Maliniok

* Franciszek Pieczka - Hubert Siersza

* Jerzy Cnota - August Mol

* Bernard Krawczyk - Franciszek Bula

* Tadeusz Madeja - Ochman

* Henryk Maruszczyk - Alojz Grudniok

* Marian Opania - Albert

* Jerzy Siwy - Milenda

See also



* List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

* List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References




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