Birth Certificate

Birth Certificate

104 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 1, 1961

Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.

Birth Certificate

104 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 1, 1961

Birth Certificate
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers P.P. Film Polski
Original title Świadectwo urodzenia
Directors Stanisław Różewicz
Writers Tadeusz Różewicz, Stanisław Różewicz

Cast

Edward Mincer

as Zbyszek

Wojciech Siemion

as Józef

Pawel Rózewicz

as Jacek

Wanda Łuczycka

as Cieslikowa

Emil Karewicz

as German Doctor

Zygmunt Zintel

as Interpreter

Stanisław Milski

as Neighbour Ciziak

Zofia Małynicz

as Refuge Manager

Barbara Rachwalska

as Woman from the Forester

Jadwiga Kuryluk

as Ludka

Józef Zbiróg

as Banschutz

Mieczysław Stoor

as German Motocyclist

Janusz Kłosiński

as Shop Owner

Tadeusz Schmidt

as Gendarme

Józef Nalberczak

as Prisoner of War

Mariusz Dmochowski

as Gestapo Officer

Halina Gryglaszewska

as żona doktora

Maria Ciesielska

as Teacher Urszula

Zdzisław Mrożewski

as Doctor Orzechowski

Bohdana Majda

as Drinking Participant

Adam Kwiatkowski

as Passenger on the Train

Zbigniew Skowroński

as Man in the Street

Maria Kaniewska

as Neighbour Borrowing Oil

Leonard Andrzejewski

as Drinking Participant

Halina Billing-Wohl

as Neighbour

Jacek Bławut

as Boy in the Field

Krystyna Feldman

as Farmer

Jerzy Hołociński

as Boy in the Field

Wanda Jakubińska

as Babina

Włodzimierz Kwaskowski

as Drunk Man with Moustache

Józef Teryks

as Farmer

Janusz Ziejewski

as German Gendarme