A Generation

A Generation
Directed byAndrzej Wajda
Written byBohdan Czeszko
StarringTadeusz Łomnicki
Urszula Modrzyńska
Roman Polanski
CinematographyJerzy Lipman
Edited byCzeslaw Raniszewski
Music byAndrzej Markowski
Production
company
Release date
  • 25 January 1955 (1955-01-25)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish

A Generation (Polish: Pokolenie) is a 1955 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the novel Pokolenie by Bohdan Czeszko, who also wrote the script. It was Wajda's first film and the opening installment of what became his Three War Films trilogy set in the Second World War, to be followed by Kanał and Ashes and Diamonds.[1][2]

  1. ^ ""Pokolenie", reż. Andrzej Wajda". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ Niemtz and Steinberg, 2016: “...famous war trilogy...”