The Birthday
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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.
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Piotr Łysak
Jerzy Bielecki
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Ewa Petelska Director · Czesław Petelski Director Jerzy Stefan Stawiński Screenplay
First release September 23, 1980 · Produced in Poland · Production Barrandov Studios, Zespol Filmowy "Iluzjon"
Production
Zespół Filmowy "Iluzjon"
Production
Barrandov Studios
Studio · Production
Zespol Filmowy "Iluzjon"
Production
Poland
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Original title
Urodziny młodego warszawiaka
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Poland · September 23, 1980
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No release date listed for United States.
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