The Birch Wood

Brzezina, feature film, 1970.

DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Wajda

The Birch Wood

CAST:
Daniel Olbrychski (Boleslaw),
Olgierd Lukaszewicz (Stanislaw),
Emilia Krakowska (Malina),
Danuta Wodynska (Katarzyna),
Elzbieta Zolek (Ola)

SCRIPT:
Andrzej Wajda (prema priči Jaroslawa Iwaszkiewicza)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Zygmunt Samosiuk

Synopsis:
Young Boleslaw comes to a farm of his depressive and bitter older brother Stanislaw who never recovered after his wife passed away. Even though Boleslaw has tuberculosis, he is full of energy and will to live so he tries to seize every moment of his life. He enjoys playing the piano, brings joy to the farm and flirts with the young Katarzyna who works there. She is promised to Stanislaw’s assistant on the farm but Boleslaw suspects that he had an affair with his brother’s wife.

digital, color, 99 min

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