Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaScreenplay:
Bohdan CzeszkoCinematography:
Jerzy LipmanComposer:
Andrzej MarkowskiCast:
Tadeusz Łomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Paluszkiewicz, Ryszard Kotys, Roman Polański, Ludwik Benoit, Zofia Czerwińska (more)VOD (1)
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Andrzej Wajda's debut feature chronicles the lives of a group of young friends who, having grown up in German-occupied Poland, find their places within the Resistance army fighting against their Nazi oppressors. Taking inspiration from the Italian neorealist movement, and brilliantly photographed by Jerzy Lipman, A Generation changed Polish cinema forever - delivering a brutal elegy to the human cost of war. (Second Run)
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