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Samson (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.
Updated May 28 2020
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Cast
Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Wiska
Magda Teresa Wójcik
Woman at Lucyna's Party
Roman Polanski
Władysław Kowalski
Fialka
Ryszard Ronczewski
Prison Guard
Andrzej Żuławski
Killed Student
Beata Tyszkiewicz
Stasia
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Crew
Andrzej Wajda
Director
Andrzej Wajda
Writer
Jerzy Wójcik
Director of Photography
Wieslawa Chojkowska
Costume Design
Janina Niedzwiecka
Editor
Kazimierz Brandys
Writer
Kazimierz Brandys
Novel
Tadeusz Baird
Original Music Composer
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