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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Piotr Łysak as Jerzy Bielecki |
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Andrzej Łapicki as Stanisław Bielecki |
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Jolanta Grusznic as Teresa |
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Gabriela Kownacka as Jadźka |
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Hanna Skarżanka as Jerzy's Grandmother |
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Kazimierz Kaczor as Karczewski |
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Roman Frankl as Ziemowit |
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Tomasz Zaliwski as Walczak |
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Arkadiusz Bazak as Gustaw |
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Krzysztof Chamiec as Colonel |
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Henryk Kluba as Tax Office Clerk |
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Witold Pyrkosz as Antoni Jakubowicz |
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Leonard Andrzejewski as Man Outside the Moonshine Stall |
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Janusz Bylczyński as Wacław |
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Jacek Borkowski as Lieutenant |
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Jerzy Cnota as Man Outside the Moonshine Stall |
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Tadeusz Chudecki as Krzysztof |
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Helena Dąbrowska as Moonshine Stall Owner |
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Władysław Dewoyno as Priest |
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Joanna Duchnowska as Przybysława |
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Jerzy Janeczek as "Wolski" |
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Jacek Kałucki as Ziemowita |
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Eugeniusz Kamiński as Major |
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Jerzy Krasicki as |
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Krzysztof Luft as Jerzy's Friend |
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Janusz Petelski as |
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Andrzej Szenajch as Tram Driver |
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Tadeusz Somogi as Officer in the Restaurant |
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Karl Sturm as Uhlmann |
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Tadeusz Teodorczyk as Man Outside the Moonshine Stall |
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Józef Grzeszczak as Tram Passenger |
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Grzegorz Grzywacz as Insurgent (uncredited) |
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Ryszard Kluge as Insurgent (uncredited) |
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Grzegorz Kulikowski as Insurgent (uncredited) |
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Andrzej Pankowski as Insurgent (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ewa Petelska | Director |
| Sound | Jerzy Maksymiuk | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Kochańska | Costume Design |
| Art | Zdzislaw Staszewski | Art Direction |
| Writing | Jerzy Stefan Stawiński | Screenplay |
| Art | Wiesława Chojkowska | Art Direction |
| Editing | Jadwiga Leśniewicz | Editor |
| Art | Andrzej Borecki | Production Design |
| Writing | Jerzy Stefan Stawiński | Novel |
| Camera | Jacek Stachlewski | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Czesław Petelski | Director |
| Production | Zbigniew Brejtkopf | Production Manager |
| Production | Wiesław Grzelczak | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wiesław Grzelczak | Makeup & Hair |
