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Samson
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.
Where to watch
Eternal FamilyAvailability by JustWatch · All options on TMDB
Cast
Serge MerlinJakub Gold
Alina JanowskaLucyna
Elżbieta KępińskaKazia, Malina's Niece
Jan CiecierskiJózef Malina
Tadeusz Bartosik"Professor" Pankrat
Władysław KowalskiFiałka / Jakub Gold (voice)
Irena NettoJakub's Mother
Beata TyszkiewiczStasia- Jan IbelGenio
Bogumił AntczakPrisoner (uncredited)- Wiesława ChojkowskaWiśka (uncredited)
Edmund FettingZygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Roland GłowackiGuest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Andrzej HerderGestapo Officer (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Writers
- Kazimierz Brandys, Andrzej Wajda
- Release date
- September 11, 1961
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Original language
- Polish
- Studios
- Zespół Filmowy "Droga", Zespół Filmowy Kadr
