. ▁With ▁more ▁than ▁ 6 ▁million ▁tick ets ▁sold ▁to ▁its ▁screen ings ▁in ▁Poland , ▁it ▁was ▁significant ▁in ▁allowing ▁for ▁the ▁un pre ced ented ▁dom ination ▁of ▁Polish ▁box - office ▁by ▁domestic ▁produ ctions , ▁an ▁exception ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁Polish ▁and ▁also ▁European ▁cinema . ▁Pan ▁T ade usz ▁did ▁not ▁do ▁what ▁W aj da ' s ▁other ▁films ▁managed ▁in ▁the ▁past ; ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁successful ▁intern ation ally . ▁While ▁W aj da ' s ▁Ne o ▁Real ist ▁tr il ogy ▁of ▁Pok ol enie ▁( A ▁Generation ) ▁( 1 9 5 4 ), ▁K ana ł ▁( Can al ) ▁( 1 9 5 7 ), ▁and ▁Pop ió ł ▁i ▁di ament ▁( A sh es ▁and ▁Diam onds ) ▁( 1 9 5 8 ) ▁was ▁quoted ▁as ▁insp iration ▁by , ▁for ▁instance , ▁Martin ▁Sc ors ese , ▁and ▁W aj da ' s ▁di pty ch , ▁Cz ł owie k ▁z ▁mar m uru ▁( Man ▁of ▁Mar ble ) ▁( 1 9 7 6 ) ▁and ▁Cz ł owie k ▁z ▁ż el aza ▁( Man ▁of ▁Iron ) ▁( 1 9 8 1 ), ▁were ▁ha iled ▁by ▁Western ▁European ▁critics ▁as ▁among ▁the ▁better ▁films ▁from ▁beyond ▁the ▁Iron ▁Cur tain , ▁Pan ▁T ade usz ' s ▁success ▁was ▁largely ▁conf ined ▁to ▁Poland . ▁ ▁Pan ▁T ade usz ▁played ▁in