Birth Certificate (1961)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1961-10-02
Poland
104 Min.
PG-13
Drama, War
Overview
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
Janek
Józef
Zbyszek
Heniek
Jacek
Mirka
Refuge Manager
Woman from the Forester
German Motocyclist
Shop Owner
Neighbour Ciziak
Prisoner of War
Gendarme
German Gendarme
Neighbour Borrowing Oil
Ludka
Banschutz
Man in the Street
Doctor Orzechowski
Nurse
Gestapo Officer
German Doctor
Interpreter
Cieślikowa
Teacher Urszula
Doctor's Wife
Passenger on the Train
Farmer (uncredited)
Farmer (uncredited)
Boy in the Field (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Drinking Participant (uncredited)
Neighbour (uncredited)
Boy in the Field (uncredited)
Babina (uncredited)
Drunk Man with Moustache (uncredited)
Drinking Participant (uncredited)
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