Krótki dzień pracy (ˈkrutkʲi ˈd͡ʑɛɲ ˈprat͡sɨ, Short workday) is a Polish movie directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Krzysztof Kieślowski was an Academy Award nominated influential Polish film director and screenwriter, known internationally for The Double Life of Veronique and his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors.-Early life:...

. The film tells the story of the workers protests in June '76 in Radom

June 1976 protests

June 1976 is the name of a series of protests and demonstrations in People's Republic of Poland. The protests took place after Prime Minister Piotr Jaroszewicz revealed the plan for a sudden increase in the price of many basic commodities, particularly foodstuffs...

, as seen from the perspective of the local Secretary of the Communist Party. The situation presented in the film is based on real events, however all the characters are fictional.

The film was shot in 1981, but had its official premiere on television only in 1996. During these 15 years, however, it was shown many times in film clubs and at special movie show-times.

Cast

• Wenceslaus Ulewicz - provincial Communist Party secretary in Radom
• Lech Grzmociński - commander of the Police
• Tadeusz Bartosik - an activist trying to negotiate with the party crowd
• Miroslaw Siedler - activist of the Workers' Defence Committee
  Workers' Defence Committee
  The Workers’ Defense Committee was a Polish civil society group that emerged under communist rule to give aid to prisoners & their families after the June 1976 protests & government crackdown...
  
   trying to help the families of detainees
• Stephen Toolbar - striker, later accused in the process
• Zbigniew Bielski - striker, then activist of Solidarity
• Paul Nowisz - official car driver of the secretary
• Wojciech Pilarski - Judge
• Mark Kepinski - Party's office secretary in Radom