A Generation

This is the first of a war trilogy by Andrzej Wajda. Photographed in rich black & white, "A Generation" is about the youth of Poland, who joined underground rebellions against the Nazis. They formed small "cells" of fighters, used pseudonyms, and seldom met with larger groups for the sake of secrecy and safety. The photography is wonderful (the long opening scene is alone worth the price of admission), the acting is great to average (with a TEENAGED Roman Polanski in one of the supporting roles!), and the dialog gives insight into kids who must grow up overnight and become not merely premature adults, but calculating killers. Made less than a decade after the war, this film depicts the serious, accurate, and even on extremely rare occasion, lighthearted moments that made up their lives. "Kanal" (1957), and "Ashes & Diamonds" (1958) follow.

Originaltitel: Pokolenie
Herstellungsland: Polen
Erscheinungsjahr: 1955
Regie: Andrzej Wajda

Darsteller: Tadeusz Lomnicki
Urszula Modrzynska
Tadeusz Janczar
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Ryszard Kotys
Roman Polanski
Ludwik Benoit
Zofia Czerwinska
Zbigniew Cybulski
Tadeusz Fijewski
Zygmunt Hobot
Cezary Julski

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Length : 700 MiB for 1h 27min 13s 200ms
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Aspect : 544 x 400 (1.360) at 23.976 fps
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