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Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

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Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2019-10-01

Runtime: 52 mins

Director: Ania Szczepańska

Writer: Ania Szczepańska

Spoken language: English, Français, Deutsch, Polski

Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie

Original title: Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe

Production Companies: LOOKSfilm, NDR, ARTE

Production Countries: Germany

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