---
title: 'Walesa. Man of Hope (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Wajda'
released: '2013-09-05'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/walesa-man-of-hope-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2113820/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Walesa. Man of Hope (2013)

2013 · 119 min · Drama, History · Poland

Original title: Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei

## Synopsis

Wałęsa: Man of Hope is a 2013 Polish biopic film directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Robert Więckiewicz as Lech Wałęsa. Wajda stated at Kraków's Off Plus Camera Film Festival in April 2012 that he foresaw trouble following the film's release. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Janusz Głowacki](https://cinepixo.com/people/janusz-g-owacki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pawel Mykietyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/pawel-mykietyn)
- **Producer:** [Michał Kwieciński](https://cinepixo.com/people/micha-kwiecinski)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paweł Edelman](https://cinepixo.com/people/pawe-edelman)
- **Editor:** [Milenia Fiedler](https://cinepixo.com/people/milenia-fiedler)

## Cast

- [Ewa Konstancja Bułhak](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-konstancja-bu-hak) as Customs official
- [Robert Więckiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wieckiewicz) as Lech Wałęsa
- [Bogusław Kudłek](https://cinepixo.com/people/bogus-aw-kud-ek) as Bogdan Borusewicz
- [Mateusz Kościukiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/mateusz-kosciukiewicz) as Krzysiek
- [Wojciech Kalarus](https://cinepixo.com/people/wojciech-kalarus) as Chairman
- [Jerzy Nasierowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-nasierowski) as Mijak's grandpa
- [Ewa Kuryło](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewa-kury-o) as Anna Walentynowicz
- [Małgorzata Zajączkowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/ma-gorzata-zajaczkowska) as Shop assistant
- [Marcin Hycnar](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcin-hycnar) as KOR member Rysiek
- [Mirosław Baka](https://cinepixo.com/people/miros-aw-baka) as Klemens Gniech
- [Remigiusz Jankowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/remigiusz-jankowski) as Shipyard worker
- [Grzegorz Małecki](https://cinepixo.com/people/grzegorz-ma-ecki) as UB agent
- [Maria Rosaria Omaggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/maria-rosaria-omaggio) as Oriana Fallaci
- [Wiktor Malinowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/wiktor-malinowski) as Jarosław Wałęsa
- [Piotr Probosz](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-probosz) as Mijak

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Official site: http://www.walesafilm.pl
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/walesa-man-of-hope-2013
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3071906); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.