Samson

Samson

117 mins | Adventure | Sept. 11, 1961

Sampson is one of several Andrzej Wajda films harking back to his youth during the Nazi Occupation of Poland. Many of these concern not only the struggle between good and evil, but also between passive and impassive. The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right to survive, and in so doing represents the fighting spirit that culminated in the 1943 Warsaw Uprising. It was originally titled Samson, but re-spelled as Sampson upon its American release to avoid confusion with a sword-and-sandal epic of the same name.

Samson

117 mins | Adventure | Sept. 11, 1961

Samson
Sampson is one of several Andrzej Wajda films harking back to his youth during the Nazi Occupation of Poland. Many of these concern not only the struggle between good and evil, but also between passive and impassive. The hero is a Jewish youth. He, like his family, has always been silent and undemonstrative in the face of prejudice. Now he stands up for his right to survive, and in so doing represents the fighting spirit that culminated in the 1943 Warsaw Uprising. It was originally titled Samson, but re-spelled as Sampson upon its American release to avoid confusion with a sword-and-sandal epic of the same name.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Zespól Filmowy "Kadr", Zespól Filmowy "Droga"
Original title Samson
Directors Andrzej Wajda
Writers Kazimierz Brandys, Andrzej Wajda

Cast

Serge Merlin

as Jakub Gold

Alina Janowska

as Lucyna

Elżbieta Kępińska

as Kazia, Malina's Niece

Jan Ciecierski

as Józef Malina

Irena Netto

as Jakub's Mother

Beata Tyszkiewicz

as Stasia

Jan Ibel

as Genio

Bogumił Antczak

as Prisoner

Edmund Fetting

as Guest at Lucyna's Party

Roland Głowacki

as Guest at Lucyna's Party

Andrzej Herder

as Gestapo Officer

Zygmunt Hübner

as Gestapo Officer (as Zygmunt Hubner)

Zofia Jamry

as Woman Blackmailing Malina

Zbigniew Józefowicz

as Guest at Lucyna's Party

Edward Kowalczyk

as Policeman

Jerzy Łapiński

as Caroller

Zygmunt Malawski

as Printer

Ryszard Ronczewski

as Prison Guard

Magda Teresa Wójcik

as Woman at Lucyna's Party

Tomasz Zaliwski

as Prisoner

Andrzej Żuławski

as Killed Student

Tadeusz Bartosik

as "profesor" Pankrat