97 minutes
9/18/1982
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)