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Samson is a 1961 film made by Academy Award-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda that uses art house aesthetics to tell a story about the Holocaust. Wajda's World War II film alludes to the Old Testament story of Samson, who had supernatural physical strength. But unlike the Biblical character, Wajda's Samson has great emotional strength.
Original Release
09/11/1961
Cast
Name | Character |
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Serge Merlin | Jakub Gold |
Alina Janowska | Lucyna |
Elżbieta Kępińska | Kazia, Malina's Niece |
Jan Ciecierski | Józef Malina |
Tadeusz Bartosik | Pankrat / "profesor" Pankrat |
Wladyslaw Kowalski | Fialka |
Irena Netto | Jakub's Mother |
Beata Tyszkiewicz | Stasia |
Jan Ibel | Genio |
Bogumił Antczak | Prisoner |
Directors
Writers
Andrzej Wajda, Kazimierz Brandys
Cast
Name | Character |
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Serge Merlin | Jakub Gold |
Alina Janowska | Lucyna |
Elżbieta Kępińska | Kazia, Malina's Niece |
Jan Ciecierski | Józef Malina |
Tadeusz Bartosik | Pankrat / "profesor" Pankrat |
Wladyslaw Kowalski | Fialka |
Irena Netto | Jakub's Mother |
Beata Tyszkiewicz | Stasia |
Jan Ibel | Genio |
Bogumił Antczak | Prisoner |
Edmund Fetting | Guest at Lucyna's Party |
Roland Glowacki | Guest at Lucyna's Party |
Andrzej Herder | Gestapo Officer |
Zygmunt Hübner | Gestapo Officer (as Zygmunt Hubner) / Gestapo Officer |
Zofia Jamry | Woman Blackmailing Malina |
Zbigniew Józefowicz | Guest at Lucyna's Party |
Edward Kowalczyk | Policeman |
Jerzy Lapinski | Caroller |
Zygmunt Listkiewicz | |
Zdzislaw Maklakiewicz |