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SWIADECTWO URODZENIA is a great classic drama film directed by Stanislaw Rózewicz in 1961. 

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.


  • Year:
  • 1961
  • Runtime:
  • 104 minutes
  • Language:
  • Polish
  • Director:
  • Stanisław Różewicz
  • Screenwriter:
  • Stanisław Różewicz, Tadeusz Różewicz
  • Cast:
  • Henryk Hryniewicz, Beata Barszczewska, Andrzej Banaszewski
  • Cinematographer:
  • Stanisław Loth
  • Editor:
  • Czesław Raniszewski, Anna Rubińska
  • Production Design:
  • Tadeusz Wybult