Samson (1961)
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.
- Released
- 1961-09-11
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Andrzej Wajda, Kazimierz Brandys, Andrzej Wajda
- TMDB rating
- 4.8/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Serge Merlin as Jakub Gold
- Alina Janowska as Lucyna
- Elżbieta Kępińska as Kazia, Malina's Niece
- Jan Ciecierski as Józef Malina
- Tadeusz Bartosik as "Professor" Pankrat
- Władysław Kowalski as Fiałka / Jakub Gold (voice)
- Irena Netto as Jakub's Mother
- Beata Tyszkiewicz as Stasia
- Jan Ibel as Genio
- Bogumił Antczak as Prisoner (uncredited)
- Wiesława Chojkowska as Wiśka (uncredited)
- Edmund Fetting as Zygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)