A Generation (1955)
Pokolenie (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 27min
- Drama, War
- 26 Jan 1955 (Poland)
- Movie
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Tadeusz Lomnicki | ... |
Stach Mazur
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Urszula Modrzynska | ... |
Dorota
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Tadeusz Janczar | ... |
Jasio Krone
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Janusz Paluszkiewicz | ... |
Sekula
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Ryszard Kotys | ... |
Jacek (as Ryszard Kotas)
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Roman Polanski | ... |
Mundek
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Ludwik Benoit | ... |
Grzesio
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Zofia Czerwinska | ... |
Bartender Lola
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Zbigniew Cybulski | ... |
Kostek
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Tadeusz Fijewski | ... |
German Guard
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Zygmunt Hobot | ... |
Abram
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Cezary Julski | ... |
Coachman
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Bronislaw Kassowski | ... |
Waldemar Berg
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August Kowalczyk | ... |
Priest
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Jerzy Krasowski | ... |
Wladek
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Zenon Laurentowski | ... |
Worker
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Stanislaw Milski | ... |
Krone
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Juliusz Roland | ... |
Kaczor
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Hanna Skarzanka | ... |
Antoniowa
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Janusz Sciwiarski | ... |
Ryszard Berg
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Kazimierz Wichniarz | ... |
Werkschutz
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Zygmunt Zintel | ... |
Master Ziarno
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Ryszard Ber | ... |
Zyzik Koscielniak (uncredited)
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Bronislaw Dardzinski | ... |
GL Member Szymon (uncredited)
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Kazimierz Debicki | ... |
German Selling Alcohol (uncredited)
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Julian Dziedzina | ... |
Gestapo Man Arresting Dorota (uncredited)
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Wieslaw Golas | ... |
German Patrolman (uncredited)
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Jerzy Gruza | ... |
German Soldier Chasing Jasio (uncredited)
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Monika Gutman | ... |
Woman Leaving Sewer (uncredited)
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Zofia Jamry | ... |
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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Mieczyslaw Kalenik | ... |
SS-Man (uncredited)
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Bogumil Kobiela | ... |
German Soldier Chasing Jasio (uncredited)
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Henryk Kucharski | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Kazimierz Kutz | ... |
GL Partisan (uncredited)
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Jan Machulski | ... |
GL Partisan (uncredited)
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Franciszek Pieczka | ... |
German Patrolman (uncredited)
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Kazimierz Stankiewicz | ... |
Stach's Neighbour (uncredited)
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Henryk Staszewski | ... |
German Arresting Dorota (uncredited)
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Stanislaw Stojko | ... |
GL Partisan (uncredited)
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Janusz Strachocki | ... |
Worker (uncredited)
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Mieczyslaw Waskowski | ... |
(uncredited)
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Danuta Wodynska | ... |
Franusiowa (uncredited)
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Stefan Wroncki | ... |
Old Carpenter (uncredited)
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Directed by
Andrzej Wajda |
Written by
Bohdan Czeszko | ... | (novel) |
Bohdan Czeszko | ... | (screenplay) |
Music by
Andrzej Markowski |
Cinematography by
Jerzy Lipman |
Editing by
Czeslaw Raniszewski |
Editorial Department
Anna Rubinska | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Roman Mann |
Set Decoration by
Józef Galewski | ||
Jerzy Skrzepinski |
Costume Design by
Jerzy Szeski |
Makeup Department
Zdzislaw Papierz | ... | makeup artist |
Stefan Szczepanski | ... | assistant makeup artist |
Production Management
Ignacy Taub | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kazimierz Kutz | ... | assistant director (as Kazimierz Kuc) |
Konrad Nalecki | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Aleksander Ford | ... | artistic supervisor |
Sound Department
Józef Koprowicz | ... | sound |
Zygmunt Nowak | ... | sound assistant |
Józef Tomporek | ... | sound assistant |
Camera and Electrical Department
Jozef Ciecwirek | ... | lighting technician |
Czeslaw Grabowski | ... | assistant camera |
Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz | ... | camera operator |
Music Department
Andrzej Markowski | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Maria Pietrzak | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Romuald Hajnberg | ... | production assistant |
Roman Kowalski | ... | production assistant |
Zygmunt Rybarski | ... | production assistant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Centrala Wynajmu Filmów (1955) (Poland) (theatrical)
- The Criterion Collection (2005) (United States) (DVD) (subtitled)
- Contemporary Films (2006) (United Kingdom) (subtitled)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (video) (VOD) (subtitled)
- Home Vision Cinema (United States) (video) (subtitled)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
1942 in German occupied Poland. Stach lives with his mother in a shanty town outside Warsaw. When he starts working as an apprentice in a small workshop in the nearby suburb, a middle-aged craftsman approaches him. The man is a secret Communist leader, known as Comrade Sekula. He introduces Stach to Dorota, a young political leader in the Organization of Youth Fighters. She tells Stach to form a small resistance group within the organization, and he involves his friends Jacek and Mundek. Without Stach knowing it, the small workshop is an important hub for another resistance movement, the Polish Underground Army. When Stach finds one of their hidden guns, he steals it. With the gun Jacek kills a German officer. Their group is commissioned to support rebellious Jews in the ghetto. During this mission Jacek is captured by the Germans and kills himself. Stach spends the night making love with Dorota. In the morning he goes out to buy some bread for them. When he returns, he sees Dorota being taken away by German soldiers. Heartbroken by the loss of Dorota and Jacek, he sits alone in a field outside the city when some new recruits of the movement approach him. Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se} |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | First feature film directed by Andrzej Wajda. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Zbyszek (1969). See more » |
Soundtracks | Ständchen See more » |
Quotes |
[first lines]
Stach Mazur: I was born here in the slums, on the outskirts of Warsaw. I grew up in poverty. Here I made my first friends and had my first lessons. I often had it rough as a kid, because I couldn't tell my friends from my enemies. I was too trusting and relied on my swift legs and strong fists. My Ma kept me on a short leash and tried to push me off to work. But I took it as typical woman's nagging, preferring to play knives with my buddies instead. See more » |