Samson

A young Jewish man from Warsaw is imprisoned after an antisemitic incident at his university. He is released when the Second World War breaks out and manages to escape from the ghetto. However, he chooses to leave his hiding place and fight, determined to share the fate of those threatened by the Holocaust. The protagonist is compared to the biblical Samson, who sacrificed his own life.

Drama

Serge Merlin

Alina Janowska

Elżbieta Kępińska

(Kazia, Malina's Niece)

Jan Ciecierski

(Józef Malina)

Tadeusz Bartosik

("Professor" Pankrat)

Władysław Kowalski

(Fiałka / Jakub Gold (voice))

Irena Netto

(Jakub's Mother)

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Jan Ibel

Bogumił Antczak

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Wiesława Chojkowska

(Wiśka (uncredited))

Edmund Fetting

(Zygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Roland Głowacki

(Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Andrzej Herder

(Gestapo Officer (uncredited))

Zygmunt Hübner

(Gestapo Officer (uncredited))

Zofia Jamry

(Woman Blackmailing Malina (uncredited))

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

(Professor at a Lecture (uncredited))

Zbigniew Józefowicz

(Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Edward Kowalczyk

(Policeman (uncredited))

Zygmunt Listkiewicz

Jerzy Łapiński

(Caroller (uncredited))

Zdzisław Maklakiewicz

(ONR Member (uncredited))

Zygmunt Malawski

(Printer (uncredited))

Roman Polanski

(Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited))

Ryszard Pracz

Ryszard Ronczewski

(Prison Guard (uncredited))

Magda Teresa Wójcik

(Woman at Lucyna's Party (uncredited))

Tomasz Zaliwski

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Andrzej Żuławski

(Killed Student (uncredited))