DramaWar
The Birthday
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.
Directed by Ewa Petelska, Czesław Petelski
85
User score
2 votes
Status
Released
Released
September 23, 1980
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
Polish
Top cast
Piotr Łysak
Jerzy Bielecki
Andrzej Łapicki
Stanisław Bielecki
Jolanta Grusznic
Teresa
Gabriela Kownacka
Jadźka
Hanna Skarżanka
Jerzy's Grandmother
Kazimierz Kaczor
Karczewski
Roman Frankl
Ziemowit
Tomasz Zaliwski
Walczak
Arkadiusz Bazak
Gustaw
Krzysztof Chamiec
Colonel
Henryk Kluba
Tax Office Clerk
Witold Pyrkosz
Antoni Jakubowicz
Leonard Andrzejewski
Man Outside the Moonshine Stall
Janusz Bylczyński
Wacław
Jacek Borkowski
Lieutenant
Jerzy Cnota
Man Outside the Moonshine Stall
Tadeusz Chudecki
Krzysztof
Helena Dąbrowska
Moonshine Stall Owner
Władysław Dewoyno
Priest
Joanna Duchnowska
Przybysława
