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.
Credits
Samson Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Roman Polanski
He was 28, now 91 years old
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Beata Tyszkiewicz
She was 23, now 86 years old
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as Stasia |
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Władysław Kowalski
He was 25, 22 years old when he died
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as Fialka |
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Serge Merlin
He was 28, 86 years old when he died
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as Jakub Gold |
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Krystyna Zachwatowicz
She was 31, now 94 years old
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as Wiska |
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Andrzej Żuławski
He was 20, 75 years old when he died
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as Killed Student |
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Alina Janowska
She was 38, 94 years old when she died
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as Lucyna |
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Zygmunt Listkiewicz
He was 29, 57 years old when he died
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Magda Teresa Wójcik
She was 27, 77 years old when she died
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as Woman at Lucyna's Party |
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Tadeusz Bartosik
He was 36, 59 years old when he died
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as Pankrat |
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Roland Głowacki
He was 37, 81 years old when he died
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as Guest at Lucyna's Party |
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Zbigniew Józefowicz
He was 36, 90 years old when he died
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as Guest at Lucyna's Party |
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Bogumił Antczak
He was 23, now 86 years old
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as Prisoner |
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Jan Ciecierski
He was 62, 87 years old when he died
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as Józef Malina |
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Elżbieta Kępińska
She was 24, now 87 years old
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as Kazia, Malina's Niece |
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Jerzy Łapiński
He was 20, now 84 years old
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as Caroller |
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Tomasz Zaliwski
He was 31, 76 years old when he died
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as Prisoner |
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Edmund Fetting
He was 33, 73 years old when he died
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as Guest at Lucyna's Party |
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Zygmunt Malawski
He was 38, 60 years old when he died
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as Printer |
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Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
He was 34, 50 years old when he died
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Andrzej Herder
He was 24, 64 years old when he died
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as Gestapo Officer |
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Ryszard Ronczewski
He was 31, now 94 years old
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as Prison Guard |
Samson Crew
