

A Generation(1955)
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.
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Tadeusz Łomnicki
Stanisław 'Bartek' Mazur

Urszula Modrzyńska
Ewa 'Dorota'

Tadeusz Janczar
Jasio Krone

Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Sekuła

Ryszard Kotys
Jacek

Roman Polanski
Mundek

Ludwik Benoit
Grzesio

Zofia Czerwińska
Barkeeper Lola

Zbigniew Cybulski
Kostek

Tadeusz Fijewski
German Guard in a Sawmill

Zygmunt Hobot
Abram

Cezary Julski
Coach Driver

Bronisław Kassowski
Waldemar Berg

August Kowalczyk
Priest

Jerzy Krasowski
AK Major

Zenon Laurentowski
Carpentry Shop Worker

Stanisław Milski
Caretaker Krone

Juliusz Roland
"Kaczor"

Hanna Skarżanka
Antoniowa
Janusz Ściwiarski
Ryszard Berg
Kazimierz Wichniarz
Werkschutz

Zygmunt Zintel
Meister Ziarno

Ryszard Ber
Zyzik (uncredited)

Bronisław Dardziński
Szymon (uncredited)

Kazimierz Dębicki
Alcohol Salesman (uncredited)

Julian Dziedzina
Gestapo Member arresting Dorota (uncredited)

Wiesław Gołas
German Soldier on Patrol (uncredited)

Jerzy Gruza
Soldier chasing Jasio on a Staircase (uncredited)
Monika Gutman
Woman leaving Sewers (uncredited)

Zofia Jamry
Storekeeper (uncredited)
Mieczysław Kalenik
SS Soldier (uncredited)

Bogumił Kobiela
Soldier killed by Jasio Krone (uncredited)
Henryk Kucharski
Soldier chasing Jasio Krone (uncredited)

Kazimierz Kutz
GL Member (uncredited)

Jan Machulski
GL Member (uncredited)

Franciszek Pieczka
German Soldier on Patrol (uncredited)

Kazimierz Stankiewicz
Stach's Neighbor (uncredited)

Henryk Staszewski
Gendarme taking part in Dorota's Arrest (uncredited)
Stanisław Stojko
GL Member (uncredited)

Janusz Strachocki
Worker (uncredited)

Mieczysław Waśkowski
(uncredited)

Danuta Wodyńska
Franusiowa (uncredited)

Stefan Wroncki
(uncredited)
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