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The Stars Must Burn

8.019541h 3mMovieDocumentaryDrama

The year 1953 ends. Mines that failed to fulfil the plan are not allowed to light their star. Socialist realism treated seriously – with the memory of the mining tradition, with respect for the work of the old, with hope for the young.

DirectorsWitold Lesiewicz·Andrzej Munk
WritersAndrzej Munk·Witold Lesiewicz

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Cast · Directed by Witold Lesiewicz

GHGustaw Holoubek
Gustaw Holoubek
Narrator (voice)

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