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