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Moonlighting

Moonlighting

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 18, 1982

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

Moonlighting

Production Companies

Michael White Productions, Film4 Productions

Director

Jerzy Skolimowski

Description

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.