Birth Certificate
Świadectwo urodzenia
Release: 1961-10-02
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 7.3
Drama
War
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.
Production Countries
Poland
Production Companies
Zespół Filmowy "Rytm"
Cast
Tadeusz Schmidt
as Gendarme
Maria Ciesielska
as Teacher Urszula
Halina Gryglaszewska
as Doctor's Wife
Jerzy Hołociński
as Boy in the Field (uncredited)
Józef Nalberczak
as Prisoner of War
Janusz Paluszkiewicz
Barbara Rachwalska
as Woman from the Forester
Leonard Andrzejewski
as Drinking Participant (uncredited)
Jacek Bławut
as Boy in the Field (uncredited)
Bohdana Majda
as Drinking Participant (uncredited)
Mieczysław Stoor
as German Motocyclist
Barbara Wałkówna
Stanisław Milski
as Neighbour Ciziak
Zbigniew Skowroński
as Man in the Street
Zygmunt Zintel
as Interpreter
Halina Billing-Wohl
as Neighbour (uncredited)
Wanda Jakubińska
as Babina (uncredited)
Włodzimierz Kwaskowski
as Drunk Man with Moustache (uncredited)
Janusz Ziejewski
as German Gendarme
Jadwiga Kuryluk
as Ludka
Mariusz Dmochowski
as Gestapo Officer
Emil Karewicz
as German Doctor
Adam Kwiatkowski
as Passenger on the Train
Józef Zbiróg
as Banschutz
Zdzisław Mrożewski
as Doctor Orzechowski
Krystyna Feldman
as Farmer (uncredited)
Józef Teryks
as Farmer (uncredited)
Wojciech Siemion
as Józef
Zofia Małynicz
as Refuge Manager
Janusz Kłosiński
as Shop Owner
Maria Kaniewska
as Neighbour Borrowing Oil
Małgorzata Leśniewska
as Nurse
Wanda Łuczycka
as Cieślikowa
Henryk Modrzewski
Crew
Lucjan Kaszycki
Music
Irena Kosecka
Makeup Artist
Tadeusz Różewicz
Screenplay
Albina Barańska
Assistant Production Design
Stanisław Różewicz
Director, Screenplay
Stanisław Jędryka
Assistant Director
Konstanty Lewkowicz
Production Manager
Wiesław Grzelczak
Assistant Production Manager
Stanisław Loth
Director of Photography