Walesa. La esperanza de un pueblo

Synopsis of Walesa. La esperanza de un pueblo

Biopic about Lech Walesa, leader of the Solidarity trade union, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1983, and the first president of Poland after communism. The film narrates his life from his beginnings as a shipyard worker in Gdansk, his fight against the repressions of the communist authorities, to his key role in the end of the dictatorship in Poland and the weakening of the Soviet Union. Directed by Andrzej Wajda, this film is a valuable historical document.