Set in 1942, on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Wajda’s striking feature debut centers on a youth named Stach and a group of young anti-German underground fighters as they prepare for a new mission. The film not only established Wajda as a director to watch, it foregrounded key recurring themes in his work – honor, courage and sacrifice – and presents a stark account of the tragedies of conflict. A landmark film and the first in the director’s acclaimed war trilogy, A Generation helped change the trajectory of Polish cinema.

Playing alongside the two other films in Wajda’s war trilogy consisting of: A Generation, Kanał, and Ashes and Diamonds.