

A Generation
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 efforts to fight oppression and indignity, maturing as he assumes responsibility for others’ lives.
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- Polish
- based on novel or book
- jewish ghetto
- world war ii
- black and white
- communism
- warsaw, poland
- german occupation of poland
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ChinaCN
- PremiereShanghai International Film Festival12 Jun 2026
PolandPL
- Theatrical26 Jan 1955
RussiaSU
- Theatrical3 Oct 1955
XCXC
- Theatrical23 Sept 1955
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A Generation was released on 26 January 1955.
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CinemaSerf
9/1/2024
At the height of the Nazi occupation of Poland in 1942, this tells us a story of war with a slightly different slant. It takes up the cudgels of the youth whose innocence was well and truly stripped away by their oppressors and illustrates just how tough it was to grow up in any sort of a natural fashion when guns were everywhere and freedom-fighting the order of the day. That is exemplified here by "Stach" (Tadeusz …
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