A Generation (1955)

7.0/10 87 min War Drama

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.

Cast

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur

Urszula Modrzyńska

Ewa 'Dorota'

Tadeusz Janczar

Jasio Krone

Janusz Paluszkiewicz

Sekuła

Ryszard Kotys

Jacek

Roman Polanski

Mundek

Ludwik Benoit

Grzesio

Zofia Czerwińska

Barkeeper Lola

Zbigniew Cybulski

Kostek

Tadeusz Fijewski

German Guard in a Sawmill

Zygmunt Hobot

Abram

Cezary Julski

Coach Driver

Bronisław Kassowski

Waldemar Berg

August Kowalczyk

Priest

Jerzy Krasowski

AK Major

Zenon Laurentowski

Carpentry Shop Worker

Stanisław Milski

Caretaker Krone

Juliusz Roland

"Kaczor"

Hanna Skarżanka

Antoniowa

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