The Birthday (1980)

Genre : Drama, War

Runtime : 1H 36M

Director : Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski
Writer : Jerzy Stefan Stawiński

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

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

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