The Birthday (1980)
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.
Directors:
Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski.
Writer:
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
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Andrzej Łapicki as Stanisław Bielecki |
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Witold Pyrkosz as Antoni Jakubowicz |
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Kazimierz Kaczor as Karczewski |
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Gabriela Kownacka as Jadźka |
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Hanna Skarżanka as babcia Jerzego |
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Jolanta Grusznic as Teresa |
| Directing | Ewa Petelska | Director |
| Art | Andrzej Borecki | Production Design |
| Writing | Jerzy Stefan Stawiński | Novel |
| Editing | Jadwiga Lesniewicz | Editor |
| Art | Wiesława Chojkowska | Art Direction |
| Writing | Jerzy Stefan Stawiński | Screenplay |
| Art | Zdzislaw Staszewski | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jerzy Maksymiuk | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Kochanska | Costume Design |
| Camera | Jacek Stachlewski | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Czesław Petelski | Director |
