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Pokolenie (A Generation) 12A Certificate

Wajda's powerful debut drew on his own wartime memories as it depicts the establishment of an anti-German resistance group whose members are mostly teenagers (one played by the young Roman Polanski). Gripping set-pieces, including a shoot-out on a spiral staircase, show a confidence belying Wajda's inexperience. The overt pro-Communist propaganda elements can be forgiven as a universal obligation imposed on Polish film-makers at the time.
CastTadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Paluszkiewicz, Ryszard Kotys, Cezary Julski, Zygmunt Hobot, Bronislaw Kassowski, August Kowalczyk, Jerzy Krasowski
Certificate12A
CountryPoland
DirectorAndrzej Wajda
Duration83 min
Subtitlesyes
Year1955

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