The Birthday
The Birthday
Overview
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.
Release Date
September 23, 1980
Runtime
96 minutes
Rating
Status
Released
Genres
Cast

Andrzej Łapicki
Stanisław Bielecki

Jolanta Grusznic
Teresa

Gabriela Kownacka
Jadźka

Hanna Skarżanka
Jerzy's Grandmother

Kazimierz Kaczor
Karczewski

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
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