- 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.
- Other Title
- Samson.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Sarasota, FL : Polart, [2004]
©2004
- Locale
- Poland
Warsaw (Poland)
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wajda, Andrzej, 1926-2016.
Merlin, Serge.
Janowska, Alina.
Ke̥pin̊ska, Elz̊bieta, 1937-
Ciecierski, Jan, 1899-1987.
Bartosik, Tadeusz, 1925-1985.
Kowalski, Władysław, 1936-
Netto, Irena, 1899-1992.
Tyszkiewicz, Beata.
Ibel, Jan, 1933-1980.
Baird, Tadeusz, 1928-1981.
Brandys, Kazimierz.
Zespół Filmowy DROGA.
Zespół Filmowy KADR.
Polart (Firm)
- Notes
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961.
Based on the novel: Samson / by Kazimierz Brandys.
Special feature: biography of director Andrzej Wajda.
Cinematography, Jerzy Wojcik ; music, Tadeusz Baird.
Serge Merlin, Alina Janowska, Elz̊bieta Ke̥pin̊ska, Jan Ciecierski, Tadeusz Bartosik, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Irena Netto, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Jan Ibel.
DVD, anamorphic widescreen; Dolby digital.
In Polish, with optional yellow English subtitles.
