Movie No. 38 (2013): A GENERATION
A Generation (1954)
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Tadeusz Lanczar
In Polish, with English subtitles
The movie depicts the struggles with poverty and involvement in the clandestine resistance movement of a group of youth in the Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. The central character (Stach) joins the resistance because he is attracted to the beautiful agitator of the movement (Dorota). He gets involved in anti-Nazi activities and falls in love with Dorota. But Dorota gets arrested.
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Tadeusz Lanczar
In Polish, with English subtitles
The movie depicts the struggles with poverty and involvement in the clandestine resistance movement of a group of youth in the Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. The central character (Stach) joins the resistance because he is attracted to the beautiful agitator of the movement (Dorota). He gets involved in anti-Nazi activities and falls in love with Dorota. But Dorota gets arrested.
The film is bleak and harsh in its treatment of cruelty. It may not be the best film about what war makes of youth but still a decent classic film to watch. The sequence of scenes that involves one character being pursued by the Nazis and ends in his being trapped, then making a swan dive to his death is a genius. But that's the only great scene I saw in this film.
Date seen: February 6, 2013
Rating: 3.5/4.0
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