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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
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
Bogumił AntczakPrisoner (uncredited)
Edmund FettingZygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Editor
- Janina Niedźwiecka
- Director of Photography
- Jerzy Wójcik
- Original Music Composer
- Tadeusz Baird
- Screenplay
- Kazimierz Brandys
- Screenplay
- Andrzej Wajda