Birth Certificate

1h 44m

7.3

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.

Cast

Henryk Hryniewicz

Wojciech Siemion

Andrzej Banaszewski

Pawel Rózewicz

Beata Barszczewska

Zofia Małynicz

Barbara Rachwalska

Woman from the Forester

Mieczysław Stoor

German Motocyclist

Janusz Kłosiński

Barbara Wałkówna

Stanisław Milski

Neighbour Ciziak

Józef Nalberczak

Prisoner of War

Tadeusz Schmidt

Janusz Ziejewski

German Gendarme

Maria Kaniewska

Neighbour Borrowing Oil

Jadwiga Kuryluk

Zbigniew Skowroński

Man in the Street

Zdzisław Mrożewski

Doctor Orzechowski

Małgorzata Leśniewska

Mariusz Dmochowski

Gestapo Officer

Wanda Łuczycka

Maria Ciesielska

Teacher Urszula

Halina Gryglaszewska

Janusz Paluszkiewicz

Adam Kwiatkowski

Passenger on the Train

Krystyna Feldman

Farmer (uncredited)

Farmer (uncredited)

Jerzy Hołociński

Boy in the Field (uncredited)

Maria Hrobaczewska

Leonard Andrzejewski

Drinking Participant (uncredited)

Halina Billing-Wohl

Neighbour (uncredited)

Boy in the Field (uncredited)

Wanda Jakubińska

Babina (uncredited)

Włodzimierz Kwaskowski

Drunk Man with Moustache (uncredited)

Drinking Participant (uncredited)

Henryk Modrzewski

Crew

Stanisław Różewicz

Director, Screenplay

Tadeusz Różewicz

Czesław Raniszewski

Stanisław Loth

Director of Photography

Stanisław Jędryka

Assistant Director

Halina Lachowicz

Assistant Director

Production Design

Tadeusz Jakuczyn

Assistant Camera

Kazimierz Madejski

Assistant Camera

Tadeusz Jaworski

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Barbara Marcinkowska

Hieronim Klimczak

Sound Assistant

Jerzy Neugebauer

Sound Assistant

Jan Czerwiński

Lucjan Kaszycki

Assistant Production Design

Romuald Korczak

Assistant Production Design

Felicja Blaszynska

Assistant Production Design

Albina Barańska

Assistant Production Design

Konstanty Lewkowicz

Production Manager

Grzegorz Woźniak

Assistant Production Manager

Wiesław Grzelczak

Assistant Production Manager

Stanisław Wisłocki