Samson (1961)

Directed by

Andrzej Wajda

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Poland

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish man struggles to survive in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. The film follows his internal and external battles for resilience and meaning.

sombertensemelancholicbleakmeditativevisually artfulemotionally intenseslow-burnintrospective

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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