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.
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Filming locations
Filmed in Warsaw
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Setting
Set in Poland
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Music
Music by Andrzej Markowski
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jerzy Lipman
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Bohdan CzeszkoScreenplay, Novel
- Original title
- Pokolenie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 26, 1955
- Original language
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland
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In the United States
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Cast
Tadeusz ŁomnickiStanisław 'Bartek' Mazur
Urszula ModrzyńskaEwa 'Dorota'
Tadeusz JanczarJasio Krone
Janusz PaluszkiewiczSekuła
Ryszard KotysJacek
Roman PolanskiMundek
Ludwik BenoitGrzesio
Zofia CzerwińskaBarkeeper Lola
Zbigniew CybulskiKostek
Tadeusz FijewskiGerman Guard in a Sawmill
Zygmunt HobotAbram
Cezary JulskiCoach Driver
Bronisław KassowskiWaldemar Berg
August KowalczykPriest
Jerzy KrasowskiAK Major
Zenon LaurentowskiCarpentry Shop Worker
Stanisław MilskiCaretaker Krone
Juliusz Roland"Kaczor"
Hanna SkarżankaAntoniowa- Janusz ŚciwiarskiRyszard Berg
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