Birth Certificate
1961 · 104 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 446 VOTES · DIR. Stanisław Różewicz
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 439 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:18 BIRTH CERTIFICATE
00:08:00 - What's your name? - Janek Ciesielski.
00:12:27 Two cookies, please. One macaroni and one like this.
00:16:43 Don't you get?
00:19:46 The war will be over.
00:21:28 It was dense and fat...
00:30:19 Jack! Come here!
00:34:44 - Does it hurt? - Of course, it does.
00:36:28 Come with me!
00:38:43 If you can, send some tobacco.
00:41:01 Pull, bro.
00:44:55 Zbyszek, go home. After curfew they are careless.
00:47:42 - Don't write it! - Please.
00:53:06 He's adult. Doesn't he know that they will kill us?
01:05:23 Guys, look!
01:07:47 Come to your uncle!
01:12:37 You must eat. If I tell your mum, she will be angry with you.
01:15:55 to buy food or to buy yourself out of a difficult situation.
01:18:04 Lesson... Yesterday Gestapo took all of them.
01:20:18 German authorities strive to improve..."
01:26:53 So Marysia...
01:32:49 In Polish orphanages there are Jewish children hiding.
01:36:44 Come closer.
03:15:14 EXECUTED IN PUBLIC