Film archive, 1982

Moonlighting

Director Jerzy Skolimowski

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In the winter of 1981, four Polish workers come to London to renovate a house; of the four, only the foreman, Nowak, speaks English. To finish the job within a month, they work from dawn to dusk and live very frugally. Meanwhile Nowak learns from the television news that martial law has been declared across Poland. Deeply shaken, he keeps it to himself so that the work can go on. Only when the house is finished as agreed, on the way to the airport, does Nowak have to reveal the truth about the upheaval at home… A fine film about exile that the Polish master Jerzy Skolimowski made in response to martial law in Poland. Jeremy Irons plays a “foreman” who is fragile yet struggles to keep up appearances. The score is by Stanley Myers together with Hans Zimmer, the first film score of Zimmer’s career.

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Film details

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Country/Region: United Kingdom
Year: 1982
Length: 97min
Original language: English
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Director

Jerzy Skolimowski

Credits

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Screenplay: Jerzy Skolimowski
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski, Jiří Stanislav, Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz

Festival appearances(1)

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Moonlighting (4K Restoration)British Flair: A Showcase of Classic Cinema 2026British Flair: A Showcase of Classic Cinema

Festival history(1)

Shanghai Film Archive, 2026British Flair: A Showcase of Classic Cinema

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