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The Birthday

The Birthday

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.

DramaWar

Release: 1980-09-23Runtime: 96 minRating: 7 (1)

Cast

Andrzej Łapicki

Andrzej Łapicki

Stanisław Bielecki

Witold Pyrkosz

Witold Pyrkosz

Antoni Jakubowicz

Kazimierz Kaczor

Kazimierz Kaczor

Karczewski

Gabriela Kownacka

Gabriela Kownacka

Jadźka

Hanna Skarżanka

Hanna Skarżanka

babcia Jerzego

Jolanta Grusznic

Jolanta Grusznic

Teresa

Crew

Ewa Petelska

Ewa Petelska

Director

Andrzej Borecki

Andrzej Borecki

Production Design

Jerzy Stefan Stawiński

Jerzy Stefan Stawiński

Novel

Jadwiga Lesniewicz

Editor

Wiesława Chojkowska

Art Direction

Jerzy Stefan Stawiński

Jerzy Stefan Stawiński

Screenplay

Zdzislaw Staszewski

Art Direction

Jerzy Maksymiuk

Jerzy Maksymiuk

Original Music Composer

Renata Kochanska

Costume Design

Jacek Stachlewski

Director of Photography