Movie

Death as a Slice of Bread

1994 · 116 min

A grim, slow-burning chronicle of a miners' strike under martial law, tense and sorrowful, with a documentary-like weight.

Overview: Katowice, the night of December 12-13, 1981. Military units occupy strategic points in the city. A group of Zomovniks, smashing union security, drags the chairman of the Company Commission of the NSZZ Solidarity in the Wujek mine out of his apartment. The news quickly spreads to the miners. Initially surprised, they soon react with spontaneous protest. On December 14, a strike breaks out at the plant. The miners demand the lifting of martial law and the release of the chairman. When negotiations fail, the army, ZOMO and militia storm the mine.
How it feels: Bleak, tense, earnest and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Power, rebellion, justice, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: power
rebellion
justice
survival
violence
Places: workplace
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none