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Samson

by Andrzej Wajda

Feature filmsWorld War, 1939-1945Jews

A psychological study of Jakub Gold, a Polish Jew imprisoned for killing a schoolmate. He is released from prison at the outbreak of World War II, only to be confined to the Warsaw ghetto. Escaping the ghetto, he is confined by the fear of being Jewish in a world hostile to Jews.

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Book data: Open Library