It is a fine film of Andrzej Wajda's first work even though he would go on as a trilogy. Kanal (1957) is the one many find the best but the last one is, Ashes and Diamonds (1958) that is most known in this country and I certainly loved it back in the day. The first one is very good but just a little confusing with so many different characters at first but then gets going and really good amongst the ruins of German-occupied Warsaw. The youths, including Polanski for some reason in shorts, become adults moving from petty crime and on to the Resistance and involvement with the communist party and maybe some love.
Review of A Generation
