The Birthday

Directed by Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski
23 september 1980    1h 36mDrama, Historisk,
5.87.0
The four sequences in the film cover four days in the life of a young Warsaw lad in September 1938, 1939, 1943, and 1944. In the first sequence Jurek decides not to study at 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.

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  • Andrzej ŁapickiStanisław Bielecki
  • Witold PyrkoszAntoni Jakubowicz
  • Kazimierz KaczorKarczewski
  • Gabriela KownackaJadźka
  • Hanna Skarżankababcia Jerzego
  • Jolanta GrusznicTeresa
  • Ewa PetelskaRegisör
  • Czesław PetelskiRegisör
  • Jerzy Stefan StawińskiNovel
  • Andrzej BoreckiProduction Design
  • Wiesława ChojkowskaArt Direction
  • Zdzislaw StaszewskiArt Direction
  • Jacek StachlewskiDirector Of Photography
  • Renata KochanskaCostume Design
  • Jadwiga LesniewiczEditor
  • Jerzy MaksymiukOriginalmusikkompositör

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