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A Generation

A Generation

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Overview

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.

Directed by Andrzej Wajda
Written by Bohdan Czeszko
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Top Cast

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur

Urszula Modrzyńska

Urszula Modrzyńska

Ewa 'Dorota'

Tadeusz Janczar

Tadeusz Janczar

Jasio Krone

Janusz Paluszkiewicz

Janusz Paluszkiewicz

Sekuła

Ryszard Kotys

Ryszard Kotys

Jacek

Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

Mundek

Ludwik Benoit

Ludwik Benoit

Grzesio

Zofia Czerwińska

Zofia Czerwińska

Barkeeper Lola

Zbigniew Cybulski

Zbigniew Cybulski

Kostek

Tadeusz Fijewski

Tadeusz Fijewski

German Guard in a Sawmill

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookjewish ghettoworld war iiblack and whitecommunismwarsaw, polandgerman occupation of poland

About A Generation

A Generation is a war, drama film released in 1955 exploring themes of based on novel or book, jewish ghetto, world war ii, black and white, communism, warsaw, poland. Directed by Andrzej Wajda, it stars Tadeusz Łomnicki, Urszula Modrzyńska, Tadeusz Janczar. 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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