The Birthday (1980)

09/23/1980 (PL) • 1h 36m

Drama, War

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.

Top Billed Cast

Andrzej Łapicki

Stanisław Bielecki

Witold Pyrkosz

Antoni Jakubowicz

Hanna Skarżanka

babcia Jerzego


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Status

Released

Original Language

Polish

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

woman director

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