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A Generation

7.019551h 27mMovieWarDrama

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…

DirectorAndrzej Wajda
WriterBohdan Czeszko

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Cast · Directed by Andrzej Wajda

TŁTadeusz Łomnicki
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur
UMUrszula Modrzyńska
Urszula Modrzyńska
Ewa 'Dorota'
TJTadeusz Janczar
Tadeusz Janczar
Jasio Krone
JPJanusz Paluszkiewicz
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Sekuła
RKRyszard Kotys
Ryszard Kotys
Jacek
RPRoman Polanski
Roman Polanski
Mundek
LBLudwik Benoit
Ludwik Benoit
Grzesio
ZCZofia Czerwińska
Zofia Czerwińska
Barkeeper Lola
ZCZbigniew Cybulski
Zbigniew Cybulski
Kostek
TFTadeusz Fijewski
Tadeusz Fijewski
German Guard in a Sawmill
ZHZygmunt Hobot
Zygmunt Hobot
Abram
CJCezary Julski
Cezary Julski
Coach Driver

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