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
23/09/1980
Votes
2
Popularity
1.4
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
Jerzy Janeczek
"Wolski"
Jacek Kałucki
Ziemowita
Eugeniusz Kamiński
Major
Jerzy Krasicki
Krzysztof Luft
Jerzy's Friend
Janusz Petelski
Andrzej Szenajch
Tram Driver
Tadeusz Somogi
Officer in the Restaurant
Karl Sturm
Uhlmann
Tadeusz Teodorczyk
Man Outside the Moonshine Stall
Józef Grzeszczak
Tram Passenger
Grzegorz Grzywacz
Insurgent (uncredited)
Ryszard Kluge
Insurgent (uncredited)
Grzegorz Kulikowski
Insurgent (uncredited)
Andrzej Pankowski
Insurgent (uncredited)
Original Soundtrack
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Only Human
Kings County
Kiss of Life
Jason et les royaumes
Kessler's Lab
Moothon
Love Exchange
Madonnas
Good Crazy
Vacant Possession
The Company of Thieves
Monday Morning
The Boss from the West
Rosenstrasse
Actresses
Jellyfish
Heute fängt mein Leben an
The Murmuring
The Forest for the Trees
Cherry Blossoms