A Generation

Overview

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. A coming-of-age story of survival and shattering loss, A Generation delivers a brutal portrait of the human cost of war.

Release Date

26 January 1955

87 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur
Jasio Krone
Barkeeper Lola
German Guard in a Sawmill
Coach Driver