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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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 11, 1961
- Original language
- Polish
- Spoken languages
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland
- Production
- WFF Lodz,Zespół Filmowy "Kadr",Zespól Filmowy "Droga",Zespół Filmowy Kadr,Zespół Filmowy "Droga"
- Cast
- Serge Merlin,Alina Janowska,Elżbieta Kępińska,Jan Ciecierski,Tadeusz Bartosik,Władysław Kowalski,Irena Netto,Beata Tyszkiewicz,Jan Ibel,Bogumił Antczakand 19 more
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Cinematography
- Jerzy Wójcik
- Music
- Tadeusz Baird
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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