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Storyline

Based upon the mining disaster of 1923 in the "Reden" coal mine of Dombrowa Górnicza, Poland: miners in one of the mines in Dombrowa Basin receive new of planned redundancies, and they go on strike, one of the local members of parliament trying to prevent it. The French owner of the mine makes the dangerous decision of requiring the miners to work around hazardous fire. After many miners die in a sudden explosion, they lynch the manager and take to the streets, carrying the bodies of victims of the disaster. They are brutally repressed by the police.

Country: Poland

Type: scripted

Language: Polish

Also Known As: Black Wings, Ailes noiresЧёрные крылья, Czarne skrzydla, Чёрные крылья (фильм), Czarne skrzydła, Das schwarze Kleid, Fekete szárnyak |  See more »

Genres

Company Credits

Production Co: Zespol Filmowy "Kamera"

Awards

Awards & Nominations

Grand Prix 1963

Nominee

Grand Prix

Silver Prize 1963

Winner

Silver Prize

Film

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