MovieDrama
Samson
4.8(12)19611h 57m
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.
- Director
- Andrzej Wajda
- Writers
- Kazimierz Brandys,Andrzej Wajda
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Cast
Serge Merlin
Jakub Gold
Alina Janowska
Lucyna
Elżbieta Kępińska
Kazia, Malina's Niece
Jan Ciecierski
Józef Malina
Tadeusz Bartosik
"Professor" Pankrat
Władysław Kowalski
Fiałka / Jakub Gold (voice)
Irena Netto
Jakub's Mother
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Stasia
Jan Ibel
Genio
Bogumił Antczak
Prisoner (uncredited)
Wiesława Chojkowska
Wiśka (uncredited)
Edmund Fetting
Zygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Roland Głowacki
Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Andrzej Herder
Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Zygmunt Hübner
Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Zofia Jamry
Woman Blackmailing Malina (uncredited)
Stanisław Jaśkiewicz
Professor at a Lecture (uncredited)
Zbigniew Józefowicz
Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
Edward Kowalczyk
Policeman (uncredited)
Zygmunt Listkiewicz
(uncredited)
Jerzy Łapiński
Caroller (uncredited)
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
ONR Member (uncredited)
Zygmunt Malawski
Printer (uncredited)
Roman Polanski
Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Zygmunt HübnerFirst Assistant Director
- Andrzej ŻuławskiAssistant Director
- Barbara SassAssistant Director
- Urszula OrczykowskaAssistant Director
- Daniel SzylitAssistant Director
- Andrzej WajdaDirector
Writing
- Kazimierz BrandysNovel
- Kazimierz BrandysScreenplay
- Andrzej WajdaScreenplay
Production
- Zdzislaw MrozowiczUnit Manager
- Stanisław DanielProduction Manager
- Arkadiusz OrłowskiAssistant Production Manager
- Teresa OlszewskaAssistant Production Manager
- Ryszard JasionowskiAssistant Production Manager
Camera
- Wiesław ZdortCamera Operator
- Czesław GrabowskiAssistant Camera
- Jerzy WójcikDirector of Photography
Editing
- Maria MastalińskaAssistant Editor
- Janina NiedźwieckaEditor
Sound
- Stanisław WisłockiConductor
- Mikołaj Kompan-AltmanSound Assistant
- Józef BartczakSound
- Tadeusz BairdOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Stefan FilipiakConstruction Foreman
- Leszek WajdaProduction Design
- Leonard MokiczSet Decoration
- Halina DobrowolskaAssistant Production Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Jan PłażewskiAssistant Makeup Artist
- Mirosław JakubowskiMakeup Artist
- Krystyna ChmielewskaAssistant Makeup Artist
- Jan BanuchaCostume Design
- Wiesława ChojkowskaCostume Design
Lighting
- Aleksy KrywszaLighting Technician