The Birthday
1980, Polish. Directed by Ewa Petelska & Czesław Petelski.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Polish
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Cast & crew
- Ewa PetelskaDirector
- Czesław PetelskiDirector
- Piotr ŁysakJerzy Bielecki
- Andrzej ŁapickiStanisław Bielecki
- Jolanta GrusznicTeresa
- Gabriela KownackaJadźka
- Hanna SkarżankaJerzy's Grandmother
- Kazimierz KaczorKarczewski
- Roman FranklZiemowit
- Tomasz ZaliwskiWalczak
- Arkadiusz BazakGustaw
- Krzysztof ChamiecColonel
- Henryk KlubaTax Office Clerk
- Witold PyrkoszAntoni Jakubowicz
Details
- Released
- 23 September 1980
- Original title
- Urodziny młodego warszawiaka
- Country
- Poland
- Written by
- Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
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The Birthday runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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The Birthday isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 September 1980. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Birthday?
The Birthday (1980) was directed by Ewa Petelska and Czesław Petelski and stars Piotr Łysak, Andrzej Łapicki, Jolanta Grusznic.