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Samson

  • 1961
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Samson (1961)
DramaRomanceWar

During the Nazi occupation, Jewish prisoner Jakub Gold is released from jail and works as a gravedigger in the Warsaw ghetto. Although he manages to escape and keeps hiding in private apartm... Read allDuring the Nazi occupation, Jewish prisoner Jakub Gold is released from jail and works as a gravedigger in the Warsaw ghetto. Although he manages to escape and keeps hiding in private apartments, he tries to get back to the ghetto.During the Nazi occupation, Jewish prisoner Jakub Gold is released from jail and works as a gravedigger in the Warsaw ghetto. Although he manages to escape and keeps hiding in private apartments, he tries to get back to the ghetto.

  • Director
    • Andrzej Wajda
  • Writers
    • Kazimierz Brandys
    • Andrzej Wajda
  • Stars
    • Serge Merlin
    • Alina Janowska
    • Elzbieta Kepinska
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    255
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Andrzej Wajda
    • Writers
      • Kazimierz Brandys
      • Andrzej Wajda
    • Stars
      • Serge Merlin
      • Alina Janowska
      • Elzbieta Kepinska
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Serge Merlin
    • Jakub Gold
    Alina Janowska
    Alina Janowska
    • Lucyna
    Elzbieta Kepinska
    Elzbieta Kepinska
    • Kazia, Malina's Niece
    Jan Ciecierski
    Jan Ciecierski
    • Józef Malina
    Tadeusz Bartosik
    Tadeusz Bartosik
    • Pankrat
    Wladyslaw Kowalski
    Wladyslaw Kowalski
    • Fialka
    Irena Netto
    Irena Netto
    • Jakub's Mother
    Beata Tyszkiewicz
    Beata Tyszkiewicz
    • Stasia
    Jan Ibel
    • Genio
    Bogumil Antczak
    Bogumil Antczak
    • Prisoner
    Edmund Fetting
    Edmund Fetting
    • Guest at Lucyna's Party
    Roland Glowacki
    • Guest at Lucyna's Party
    Andrzej Herder
    Andrzej Herder
    • Gestapo Officer
    Zygmunt Hübner
    Zygmunt Hübner
    • Gestapo Officer
    • (as Zygmunt Hubner)
    Zofia Jamry
    Zofia Jamry
    • Woman Blackmailing Malina
    Zbigniew Józefowicz
    Zbigniew Józefowicz
    • Guest at Lucyna's Party
    Edward Kowalczyk
    • Policeman
    Jerzy Lapinski
    Jerzy Lapinski
    • Caroller
    • Director
      • Andrzej Wajda
    • Writers
      • Kazimierz Brandys
      • Andrzej Wajda
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    User reviews3

    Featured review
    7/10

    A fair effort from Wajda about the Holocaust

    We follow a Jewish man in Warsaw just before and during WW2. He is jailed before the war for defending himself from an anti-semetic mob. The prisoners all escape as Warsaw is about to fall to the Germans. Then, he's in the ghetto, escapes and hides throughout the city. He wishes to return to the ghetto to share his people's fate rather than hide. He doesn't have the physical strength of his Biblical namesake but emotional strength. The film has kind of an unconvincing climax, needed a better fake explosion. Overall a good effort but not a home run for poland's greatest director.
    • adamwarlock
    • Aug 23, 2018
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 11, 1961 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Language
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Sansón
    • Filming locations
      • Politechnika Warszawska Main Building, Plac Politechniki, Sródmiescie, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Zespol Filmowy "Kadr"
      • Zespól Filmowy "Droga"
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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