Directed by:
Andrzej WajdaScreenplay:
Bohdan CzeszkoCinematography:
Jerzy LipmanComposer:
Andrzej MarkowskiCast:
Tadeusz Łomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Paluszkiewicz, Ryszard Kotys, Roman Polański, Ludwik Benoit, Zofia Czerwińska (more)Plots(1)
Andrzej Wajda's debut feature chronicles the lives of a group of young friends who, having grown up in German-occupied Poland, find their places within the Resistance army fighting against their Nazi oppressors. Taking inspiration from the Italian neorealist movement, and brilliantly photographed by Jerzy Lipman, A Generation changed Polish cinema forever - delivering a brutal elegy to the human cost of war. (Second Run)
(more)Cast
![Tadeusz Łomnicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/231/166231777_79fcca.png)
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Potop (1974)
Blind Chance (1981)
![Urszula Modrzynska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/408/166408220_685145.png)
Urszula Modrzynska
Poland
Best movies:
Zdjęcia próbne (1976)
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
A Generation (1955)
![Tadeusz Janczar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/376/164376663_92a4c2.png)
Tadeusz Janczar
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Eroica (1957)
Landscape After Battle (1970)
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Birth Certificate (1961)
Man on the Tracks (1956)
Westerplatte Resists (1967)
![Ryszard Kotys](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/600/166600722_7dc827.png)
Ryszard Kotys
Poland
Best movies:
A Lonely Woman (1981)
Wielki bieg (1981) (TV movie)
Czarne stopy (1986)
![Roman Polański](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268951_197a4b.jpg)
Roman Polański
France
![Ludwik Benoit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/426/426602_2b8fb8.jpg)
Ludwik Benoit
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Axiliad (1986)
How I Unleashed World War II (1970)
![Zofia Czerwińska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/983/158983710_005f50.jpg)
Zofia Czerwińska
Poland
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Con amore (1976)
Eroica (1957)
![Zbigniew Cybulski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/408/166408221_3fb559.png)
Zbigniew Cybulski
Poland
Best movies:
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Ashes and Diamonds (1958)
Love at Twenty (1962)
![Tadeusz Fijewski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271181_77a01a.jpg)
Tadeusz Fijewski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Border Street (1948)
The Peasants (1973)
![Wiesław Gołas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271798_ac3d46.jpg)
Wiesław Gołas
Poland
Best movies:
Potop (1974)
Przeklete oko proroka (1984)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
![Franciszek Pieczka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/254/166254089_e09b0a.png)
Franciszek Pieczka
Poland
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
The Man Who Read Music from Plates (1995)
![Kazimierz Kutz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273491_feb30a.jpg)
Kazimierz Kutz
Poland
Best movies:
Canal (1957)
Mister T. (2019)
A Generation (1955)
![Ryszard Ber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/830/78830876_477687.jpg)
Ryszard Ber
Poland
Best movies:
A Generation (1955)
![Jan Machulski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/249/166249727_cc2997.png)
Jan Machulski
Poland
Best movies:
The Noose (1957)
Hit the Bank (1981)
The Saragossa Manuscript (1964)
Kazimierz Wichniarz
German Empire
Best movies:
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
Forbidden Songs (1946)
Jerzy Gruza
Poland
Best movies:
A Generation (1955)
Zofia Jamry
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Forbidden Songs (1946)
How to Be Loved (1963)
A Generation (1955)
![Janusz Strachocki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886968_b26abe.jpg)
Janusz Strachocki
Poland
Best movies:
Romance for Bugle (1966)
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960)
A Generation (1955)
![Hanna Skarzanka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/164/159164518_4bbae2.jpg)
Hanna Skarzanka
Russian Empire
Best movies:
A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
Matthew's Days (1967)
The Law and the Fist (1966)