The Birthday

1h 36m
DramaWar
7

The four sequences in the film cover four days in a life of young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943 and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study in the Sorbonne but enlists in a Polish military school instead. In the second sequence the war starts and Warsaw is occupied. In the third sequence he works in the underground resistance. The final sequence takes place during the Warsaw uprising.

Cast

Andrzej Łapicki
Stanisław Bielecki
Witold Pyrkosz
Antoni Jakubowicz
Kazimierz Kaczor
Karczewski
Gabriela Kownacka
Jadźka
Hanna Skarżanka
babcia Jerzego
Jolanta Grusznic
Teresa

Crew

Ewa Petelska
Director
Czesław Petelski
Director
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Screenplay, Novel
Jadwiga Lesniewicz
Editor
Jacek Stachlewski
Director of Photography
Andrzej Borecki
Production Design
Renata Kochanska
Costume Design
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Original Music Composer
Wiesława Chojkowska
Art Direction
Zdzislaw Staszewski
Art Direction

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