Samson

Name: Samson
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Released: 1961-01-01

1961 film by Andrzej Wajda

FilmfilmQ762455

Released: 1961
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Screenwriter: Kazimierz Brandys
, Andrzej Wajda
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Cast: Beata Krupska-Tyszkiewicz
, Beata Tyszkiewicz
, Serge Merlin
, Alina Janowska
+12 more
Runtime: 99 min
Genre: drama film
, war film
Country of origin: Poland

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Samson is a 1961 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda that uses art house aesthetics to tell a story about the Holocaust. Wajda's World War II film alludes to the Old Testament story of Samson, who had supernatural physical strength. But unlike the Biblical character, Wajda's Samson has great emotional strength.

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Director of photography: Jerzy Wójcik
Main subject: World War II
The Holocaust
Narrative location: Poland
Title: Samson
Production designer: Leszek Wajda
Color: color
black-and-white
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Distribution format: video on demand
Different from: Samson

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