---
title: 'Samson (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Wajda'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/samson-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055401/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Samson (1961)

1961 · 99 min · Drama, War · Poland


## Synopsis

Samson is a 1961 Polish film directed by Andrzej Wajda that uses art house aesthetics to tell a story about the Holocaust. Wajda's World War II film alludes to the Old Testament story of Samson, who had supernatural physical strength. But unlike the Biblical character, Wajda's Samson has great emotional strength.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda), [Kazimierz Brandys](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazimierz-brandys)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tadeusz Baird](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-baird)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jerzy Wójcik](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerzy-wojcik)

## Cast

- [Tadeusz Bartosik](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadeusz-bartosik)
- [Elżbieta Kępińska](https://cinepixo.com/people/elzbieta-kepinska)
- [Serge Merlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-merlin)
- [Krystyna Zachwatowicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/krystyna-zachwatowicz)
- [Irena Netto](https://cinepixo.com/people/irena-netto)
- [Beata Tyszkiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/beata-tyszkiewicz)
- [Magda Teresa Wójcik](https://cinepixo.com/people/magda-teresa-wojcik)
- [Andrzej Herder](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-herder)
- [Zygmunt Hübner](https://cinepixo.com/people/zygmunt-hubner)
- [Beata Krupska-Tyszkiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/beata-krupska-tyszkiewicz)
- [Alina Janowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/alina-janowska)
- [Henryk Bąk](https://cinepixo.com/people/henryk-bak)
- [Władysław Kowalski](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-adys-aw-kowalski)
- [Roman Polanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-polanski)
- [Edmund Fetting](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-fetting)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/samson-1961
Film facts: Wikidata (Q762455); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.