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.
Top Billed Cast
Andrzej Łapicki
Stanisław Bielecki
Witold Pyrkosz
Antoni Jakubowicz
Kazimierz Kaczor
Karczewski
Gabriela Kownacka
Jadźka
Hanna Skarżanka
babcia Jerzego
Featured Crew
Ewa Petelska
Director
Andrzej Borecki
Production Design
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Novel
Jadwiga Lesniewicz
Editor
Wiesława Chojkowska
Art Direction
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Screenplay
Zdzislaw Staszewski
Art Direction
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Original Music Composer
Renata Kochanska
Costume Design
Jacek Stachlewski
Director of Photography
Czesław Petelski
Director