
Overview
A young Jewish man from Warsaw is imprisoned after an antisemitic incident at his university. He is released when the Second World War breaks out and manages to escape from the ghetto. However, he chooses to leave his hiding place and fight, determined to share the fate of those threatened by the Holocaust. The protagonist is compared to the biblical Samson, who sacrificed his own life.
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Setting
Set in Poland
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Music
Music by Tadeusz Baird
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jerzy Wójcik
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kazimierz BrandysNovel, Screenplay
- Andrzej WajdaScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 11, 1961
- Original language
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland
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In the United States
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