A Generation

1955 PG-13 1h 27m

7.0 /10

Genre

Plot

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.

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Writers

Bohdan Czeszko Bohdan Czeszko

Stars

Tadeusz Łomnicki Urszula Modrzyńska Tadeusz Janczar

Cast & Crew

Tadeusz Łomnicki

Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur

German Guard in a Sawmill

Carpentry Shop Worker

Alcohol Salesman (uncredited)

Julian Dziedzina

Gestapo Member arresting Dorota (uncredited)

Wiesław Gołas

German Soldier on Patrol (uncredited)

Jerzy Gruza

Soldier chasing Jasio on a Staircase (uncredited)

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Monika Gutman

Woman leaving Sewers (uncredited)

Zofia Jamry

Storekeeper (uncredited)

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Mieczysław Kalenik

SS Soldier (uncredited)

Bogumił Kobiela

Soldier killed by Jasio Krone (uncredited)

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Henryk Kucharski

Soldier chasing Jasio Krone (uncredited)

Kazimierz Kutz

GL Member (uncredited)

Jan Machulski

GL Member (uncredited)

Franciszek Pieczka

German Soldier on Patrol (uncredited)

Kazimierz Stankiewicz

Stach's Neighbor (uncredited)

Henryk Staszewski

Gendarme taking part in Dorota's Arrest (uncredited)

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Stanisław Stojko

GL Member (uncredited)

Franusiowa (uncredited)

1 Sep 2024

At the height of the Nazi occupation of Poland in 1942, this tells us a story of war with a slightly different slant. It takes up the cudgels of the y...