The Stars Must Burn

Year: 1954

Runtime: 63 mins

Language: Polish

Directors: Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz

DramaDocumentary

Set at the close of 1953, the film follows a mining community whose unproductive pits are denied the right to light their star. In a serious treatment of socialist realism, it honors the mining tradition, venerates the labor of older generations, and expresses hope for the younger, portraying their dedication and ideological resolve.

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