# A Generation (1955)

> A young apprentice in occupied Warsaw is drawn into communist resistance, where friendship, love, and innocence collide with Nazi brutality.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/28178

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: War, Drama
- Director: Andrzej Wajda
- Cast: Tadeusz Łomnicki, Urszula Modrzyńska, Tadeusz Janczar, Janusz Paluszkiewicz, Ryszard Kotys, Roman Polanski, Ludwik Benoit, Zofia Czerwińska
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048500/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, harrowing, politically charged, historical cinema night, arthouse film night

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