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A Generation

A Generation

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 26, 1955

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

War, Drama

User Score

68%

Original Title

Pokolenie

Production Companies

Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych we Wrocławiu

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Description

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.