War ·Drama · Poland · 1955 · 1h 27m

A Generation

Pokolenie

Director

Cast

Tadeusz Łomnicki as Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur Urszula Modrzyńska as Ewa 'Dorota' Tadeusz Janczar as Jasio Krone Janusz Paluszkiewicz as Sekuła Ryszard Kotys as Jacek Roman Polanski as Mundek

Crew

Jerzy Lipman — Director of Photography Czesław Raniszewski — Editor Bohdan Czeszko — Screenplay Bohdan Czeszko — Novel Roman Mann — Production Design Jerzy Szeski — Costume Design

Synopsis

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful Dorota. Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives. A coming-of-age story of survival and shattering loss, A Generation delivers a brutal portrait of the human cost of war.

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book jewish ghetto world war ii black and white communism warsaw, poland german occupation of poland

Key Collaborators

Andrzej Wajda Director Jerzy Lipman Director of Photography Czesław Raniszewski Editor Bohdan Czeszko Screenplay Bohdan Czeszko Novel Roman Mann Production Design Jerzy Szeski Costume Design

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