Polish fighters contemplate their future in Wajda’s 1958 film in which the war’s end, far from being a cause for celebration, marks a crisis of identity for their country. The title of Andrzej Wajda’s ...
His work articulated a vision of national identity grounded not in doctrine but in human dignity and ethical responsibility.</p>.<p>By confronting forbidden subjects, Wajda transformed filmmaking into an act of public defiance.