Description |
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital. |
Cast |
Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, El̊zbieta K̥epi̊nska, Jan Ciecierski, Tadeusz Bartosik, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Irena Netto, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Jan Ibel. |
Credits |
Cinematography, Jerzy Wojcik ; music, Tadeusz Baird. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961. |
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Based on the novel: Samson / by Kazimierz Brandys. |
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Special feature: biography of director Andrzej Wajda. |
Summary |
A psychological study of Jakub Gold, a Polish Jew imprisoned for killing a schoolmate in a brawl. He is released from prison at the outbreak of World War II, only to be confined to the Warsaw ghetto. Escaping the ghetto, he is confined--by the fear of being Jewish in a world hostile to Jews. |
Language |
In Polish, with optional yellow English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Jews -- Poland -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Drama.
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Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- Poland.
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Indexed Term |
Wojny światowej II Żydów Polska Draṁat Zapisywanie |
Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016
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Merlin, Serge.
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Janowska, Alina.
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K̥epi̊nska, El̊zbieta, 1937-
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Ciecierski, Jan, 1899-1987.
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Bartosik, Tadeusz, 1925-1985.
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Kowalski, Władysław, 1936-
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Netto, Irena, 1899-1992.
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Tyszkiewicz, Beata.
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Ibel, Jan, 1933-1980.
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Baird, Tadeusz, 1928-1981.
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Brandys, Kazimierz
Samson.
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Zespół Filmowy DROGA.
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Zespół Filmowy KADR.
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Polart (Firm)
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ISBN |
1593650191 |
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9781593650193 |
Standard No. |
644527395098 |
Music No. |
DV395 Polart |
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