Samson

Samson (1961)

Drama

A young Jewish man from Warsaw is imprisoned after an antisemitic incident at his university. He is released when the Second World War breaks out and manages to escape from the ghetto. However, he chooses to leave his hiding place and fight, determined to share the fate of those threatened by the Holocaust. The protagonist is compared to the biblical Samson, who sacrificed his own life.

Director: Andrzej Wajda
Writers: Kazimierz Brandys, Andrzej Wajda.

Casts

	Serge Merlin as Jakub Gold
	Alina Janowska as Lucyna
	Elżbieta Kępińska as Kazia, Malina's Niece
	Jan Ciecierski as Józef Malina
	Tadeusz Bartosik as "Professor" Pankrat
	Władysław Kowalski as Fiałka / Jakub Gold (voice)
	Irena Netto as Jakub's Mother
	Beata Tyszkiewicz as Stasia
	Jan Ibel as Genio
	Bogumił Antczak as Prisoner (uncredited)
	Wiesława Chojkowska as Wiśka (uncredited)
	Edmund Fetting as Zygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
	Roland Głowacki as Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
	Andrzej Herder as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
	Zygmunt Hübner as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
	Zofia Jamry as Woman Blackmailing Malina (uncredited)
	Stanisław Jaśkiewicz as Professor at a Lecture (uncredited)
	Zbigniew Józefowicz as Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
	Edward Kowalczyk as Policeman (uncredited)
	Zygmunt Listkiewicz as (uncredited)
	Jerzy Łapiński as Caroller (uncredited)
	Zdzisław Maklakiewicz as ONR Member (uncredited)
	Zygmunt Malawski as Printer (uncredited)
	Roman Polanski as Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)
	Ryszard Pracz as (uncredited)
	Ryszard Ronczewski as Prison Guard (uncredited)
	Magda Teresa Wójcik as Woman at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)
	Tomasz Zaliwski as Prisoner (uncredited)
	Andrzej Żuławski as Killed Student (uncredited)

Crew