A Generation: Wajda on War
By April 25, 2005
Andrzej Wajda’s first feature film, A Generation, made in 1954, marks the beginning of the Polish School, the paradigm of Polish cinema that arose from the political Read more »
- Poland
- 1955
- 87 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- Polish
- Spine #283
SYNOPSIS: 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.
Cast & CreditsOpen
Cast
| Stach Mazur | Tadeusz Lomnicki |
| Dorota | Urszula Modrzynska |
| Jasio Krone | Tadeusz Janczar |
| Sekula | Janusz Paluszkiewicz |
| Jacek | Ryszard Kotas |
| Mundek | Roman Polanski |
| Kostek | Zbigniew Cybulski |
Credits
| Director | Andrzej Wajda |
| Screenplay | Bohdan Czeszko |
| Based on the novel by | Bohdan Czeszko |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Lipman |
| Camera | Stefan Matyjaszkiewicz |
| Second director | Konrad Nalecki |
| Assistant director | Kazimierz Kutz |
| Production design | Roman Mann |
| Production manager | Ignacy Taub |
| Sound | Jozef Koprowicz |
| Editing | Czeslaw Raniszewski |
| Music | Andrzej Markowski |
| Artistic supervisor | Aleksander Ford |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Andrzej Wajda: On Becoming a Filmmaker, an exclusive interview with the director and film critic Jerzy Plazewski
- Ceramics from Ilza (Ceramika Ilzecka), Wajda’s 1951 film school short
- Rare behind-the-scenes production photos, publicity stills, posters, and original artwork by the director
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- Plus: A new essay by film scholar Ewa Mazierska
