A bit of color for once, all the better to see the red flags with, not to mention the obvious aerial file footage of Warsaw. The story concerns Jozef Malesa, the mason or bricklayer of the title. He was once the darling of the party, the son of two old party activists, a worker of heroic reputation, his own commitment to The Movement unquestioned. He was chosen to be destined for great things, specially educated and pushed forward to positions of responsibility in the Party. Eventually he decides, because of the ethical pressures which he feels from the obstructionism of the bureaucracy from above, he asks to return to be a simple bricklayer. He is disturbed with the way the Party deals with people, especially their lack of direct contact. He thinks workers know better than the leadership many times but that's not the way power flows. He is uncomfortable with the compromises to his idealism. He remains committed to social justice and joins his friends for the May Day rally where his comfort and confidence in his place in society cause him to defer to no man, certainly no rat faced men in overcoats with red armbands. His great pleasure in life moreover is laying brick. He finds the work satisfying and fulfilling which is why he was such an obviously superior worker in the first place.
菅田将晖,井上真央,中村雅俊,三宅健,竹原皮斯托,井下好井,山本浩司,池胁千鹤,小日向文世
李康生,巫建和,林幻梦露,陈雪甄
张子枫,王景春,塔塔,张子贤,王骁,张佳宁,杨恩又,陆思宇,李晓川
Bella Kim,罗什迪·泽姆,朴美贤,柳泰浩,Gong Do-yu,郑庆顺,Minhee Cho,Hui-hyeon Ki,Funny Choi,Inja Lee,Sungchae Choi,Nathalie Levy,Jacques Bourgaux,Soungboom Son,Jaehyeon Lee,Heungjoo Yang,Elisa Dusapin,Numyee Kim
李炳宪,刘亚仁,文晶熙,金嫝勋,玄奉植,郑锡勇,高昌锡
米仓凉子,田中圭,内田有纪,今田美樱,胜村政信,铃木浩介,远藤宪一,岸部一德,西田敏行,染谷将太