Andrzej Wajda - Three War Films

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A Generation is the first of Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda's "underground trilogy"-and also Wajda's first-ever feature film. Originally titled Pokolenie, the film dissects the impact that World War II had on the youth of Poland. Tadevsz Lomnicki plays an impressionable young Warsaw resident who falls in love with resistance leader Ursula Modrzinska. The passion they feel towards their cause is inextricably entwined with the intensity of their feelings towards one another. During several crucial moments, the ...
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Overview

A Generation is the first of Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda's "underground trilogy"-and also Wajda's first-ever feature film. Originally titled Pokolenie, the film dissects the impact that World War II had on the youth of Poland. Tadevsz Lomnicki plays an impressionable young Warsaw resident who falls in love with resistance leader Ursula Modrzinska. The passion they feel towards their cause is inextricably entwined with the intensity of their feelings towards one another. During several crucial moments, the director contrasts the "official" version of wartime events with the actual facts many experienced first-hand by Wajda, partly as a means of explaining the peacetime disillusionment of so many young Poles. As a result, the film was subject to an overabundance of government interference when it was first released. Watch closely in the Underground scenes of A Generation and you'll spot a young Roman Polanski.
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Special Features

New, restored high definition digital transfers; Audio commentary by film scholar Annette Insdorf on Ashes and Diamonds; More than 90 minutes of exclusive new interviews with Andrzej Wajda and colleagues, discussing the director's career and the making of these films; Vintage newsreel on the making of Ashes and Diamonds; Ceramics from Ilza (Ceramika Ilzecka), Wajda's 1951 film school short; Jan Nowak-Jezioranski: Courier from Warsaw, an interview by Wajda of a Warsaw uprising insider; Rare behind the scenes production photos, publicity stills and posters; A gallery of Wajda's original drawings and paintings; New and improved English subtitle translations
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/26/2005
  • UPC: 037429201527

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  • Source: Criterion
  • Presentation: Special Edition / Wide Screen / Pan & Scan
  • Language: Italiano
  • Time: 4:46:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 45,726

Cast & Crew

Technical Credits
Andrzej Wajda Director
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Scene Index

Side #1 -- A Generation
1. "There'll Be Trouble" [8:59]
2. "It'll Be All Right...in My Grave" [2:26]
3. "Back to Work!" [5:39]
4. Glue and a Gun [3:09]
5. Marxist Math and Catholic Blanks [6:17]
6. "Death to the Occupiers!" [7:10]
7. The People's Guard [5:05]
8. Poles in Their Place [6:39]
9. Revenge [5:37]
10. Changes [2:38]
11. "What Can I Do?" [5:07]
12. The Mission [5:09]
13. Missing Piece [7:43]
14. The Mourning After [7:00]
15. Color Bars [8:23]
Side #2 -- Kanal
1. The Beginning of the End [8:48]
2. Tones From Home [6:50]
3. Lovers in Arms [7:55]
4. Korab and Goliath [6:07]
5. "Don't Go Soft" [9:48]
6. From Darkness Into Night [7:01]
7. "Where Are You Going?" [2:32]
8. "Let's Go" [5:05]
9. Searching for a Sign [7:24]
10. The Writing on the Wall [8:38]
11. Detours and Dead Ends [7:13]
12. Into the Light [3:58]
13. Out!? [6:51]
14. Color Bars [8:24]
1. The Warsaw Uprising [2:07]
2. Not Making a Film [2:32]
3. Obstacles and Allies [2:14]
4. 1956 [2:11]
5. Collaboration [3:00]
6. Behind the Scenes [2:42]
7. Sights Unseen [2:05]
8. Location Summaries [2:08]
9. An Artistic Decision [1:41]
10. Homage to Lost Causes [2:10]
11. Cannes [4:32]
1. Wajda Questions the Uprising [3:46]
2. Perceptions and Assumptions [2:30]
3. No Decision [3:17]
4. "Too Late" [3:22]
5. "Warsaw Will Collapse" [2:47]
6. No Dissent [1:43]
7. Soviet Schemes [5:21]
8. Mistakes and Consequences [5:10]
Side #3 -- Ashes and Diamonds
1. "The Fight...Has Only Just Begun" [8:50]
2. Entertaining Distractions [7:01]
3. An Unfinished Job [6:12]
4. Mourning and Contemplation [3:50]
5. Political Reasons [3:28]
6. Ex-pats and In-laws [4:11]
7. Commitments and Vigils [10:26]
8. A Vow [2:31]
9. Debts, Doubts, and Drinks [4:57]
10. "Tell Me Something About Yourself" [3:28]
11. Futures [6:06]
12. Facing Memories [4:19]
13. A Diamond [6:26]
14. "I Didn't Know What Love Was" [3:08]
15. "What's There to Understand?" [4:10]
16. "I Want to Live" [5:50]
17. Fire for Father [5:48]
18. The Last Dance [5:39]
19. Running Away [6:20]
20. Color Bars [:00]
1. Adaptations [5:11]
2. A Spanish Past [1:58]
3. Casting the Lead [4:45]
4. Cybulski [3:35]
5. Ewa [2:22]
6. Visuals [2:46]
7. Influences [3:01]
8. Cinema and Censorship [6:13]
9. International Acclaim [3:49]
10. Myths [2:41]
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Menu

Side #1 -- A Generation
   Play the Movie
   Chapters
   On Becoming a Filmmaker
      Play
      Index
         Pursuing Art
         Film School
         The Polish Film Industry
         Making a Generation
         A Generation's Inspiration
         Special Effects
         Censorship
         Disillusionment
         Preserving Reality
   Ceramics From Ilza
      Play
   Stills Galleries
      Production Stills
      Publicity Stills
      Posters
      Wajda's Artwork
   Subtitles
      On
      Off
Side #2 -- Kanal
   Play the Movie
   Chapters
   Supplements
      On Kanal
         Play
         Index
      Jan Nowak-Jezioranski
         Play
         Index
      Stills Gallery
         Production Stills
         Publicity Stills
         Posters
   Subtitles
      On
      Off
Side #3 -- Ashes and Diamonds
   Play the Movie
   Chapters
   Commentary
      On
      Off
      Index
         On the Brink of an Era
         Influences and Illuminations
         Deep-Focus Relationships
         Parallels, Compression, and Unity
         Tension and Entrapment
         Oppositions
         Luminous Possibility and Fertile Doubt
         Art as Mirror
         Questioning WWII
         Transcendence
         Humanistic Vision
         Unfortunate Love
         Layers
         Foreboding
         Cut From the Same Cloth
         The Irony of Freedom
         Dead Ends and Displacements
         "Adieu à la Patrie"
         Questions of a Tragic Fate
         Color Bars
   On Ashes and Diamonds
      Play
      Index
   Behind-the-Scenes Newsreel
      Play
   Stills Gallery
      Production Stills
      Publicity Stills
      Posters
   Subtitles
      On
      Off
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