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Actors: Tadeusz Lomnicki, Urszula Modrzynska, Roman Polanski
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about A Generation |
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A GENERATION (Pokolenie), released in 1955, was the first film shot by Polish director Andrzej Wajda.
The setting is the city of Warsaw, Poland, in 1942. The Nazis are occupying the country. Stach and his friends, captivated by the idealist speeches of Dorota, decide to join her underground leftist youth movement. Between two sabotages, Stach and Dorota fall in love. When the Warsaw ghetto goes in flames, these teenagers will try to save a few Jews who are escaping the ghetto through the sewers. But the Gestapo comes closer and they soon have to go undercover. Furthermore, another Polish resistance movement, right-winged, is not so happy with their operations.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of A Generation |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Polit/Social/Race/Gender activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- communist revolution!
War impact on civilians/veterans
Yes
Kind of conflict:
- war, WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- blue collar
Age:
- a teen
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) average
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Eastern European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- German
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Poland
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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