A Generation
Pokolenie
Poland • 1955
Director
#283Criterion Collection →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.
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.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorAndrzej Wajda
WriterBohdan Czeszko
CinematographerJerzy Lipman
ComposerAndrzej Markowski
EditorCzesław Raniszewski
Cast
Tadeusz Łomnickias Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur
Urszula Modrzyńskaas Ewa 'Dorota'
Tadeusz Janczaras Jasio Krone
Janusz Paluszkiewiczas Sekuła
Ryszard Kotysas Jacek