

18/09/1982
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.

Jeremy Irons
as Nowak

Eugene Lipinski
as Banaszak

Jiří Stanislav
as Wolski

Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz
as Kudaj

Denis Holmes
as Neighbor

David Calder
as Supermarket Manager

Trevor Cooper
as Hire Shop Man

David Gant
as Aquascutum Assistant

Jenifer Landor
as Aquascutum Shoplifter

Kenny Ireland
as Timber Man

Fred Lee Own
as Chinese Man

Michael Sarne
as Builders' Merchant

Jenny Seagrove
as Anna

Renu Setna
as Junk Shop Owner

Judy Gridley
as Supermarket Supervisor

Claire Toeman
as Supermarket Cashier

Catherine Harding
as Lady Shoplifter

Jill Johnson
as Supermarket Assistant

Lucy Hornak
as Wrangler Shop Assistant

Robyn Mandell
as Wrangler Shop Assistant

Anne Tirard
as Lady in Telephone Box

Christopher Logue
as Workman

Hugh Harper
as Newspaper Boy

Julia Chambers
as Chemist's Assistant

Iain Ormsby-Knox
as Hire Shop Man

Laura Frances Hart
as His Woman

Dorota Zięciowska
as Lot Airline Girl

Jerzy Skolimowski
as Boss (uncredited)
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