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The Birthday (1980)
Directed by Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski
Drama, War · 1h 36m
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
P
Piotr Łysak
Jerzy Bielecki
Andrzej Łapicki
Stanisław Bielecki
Jolanta Grusznic
Teresa
Gabriela Kownacka
Jadźka
Hanna Skarżanka
Jerzy's Grandmother
Kazimierz Kaczor
Karczewski
R
Roman Frankl
Ziemowit
Tomasz Zaliwski
Walczak
Arkadiusz Bazak
Gustaw
Krzysztof Chamiec
Colonel
Henryk Kluba
Tax Office Clerk
Witold Pyrkosz
Antoni Jakubowicz
Crew
- Director
- Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski
- Screenplay
- Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
- Novel
- Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
- Director of Photography
- Jacek Stachlewski
- Original Music Composer
- Jerzy Maksymiuk
- Editor
- Jadwiga Leśniewicz
Details
- Original title
- Urodziny młodego warszawiaka
- Release date
- 1980-09-23
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- PL
- Spoken languages
- Polish
- Countries
- Poland
- Production
- Zespół Filmowy "Iluzjon"