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Nov 10, 1970 · The Birch Wood: Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Daniel Olbrychski, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Emilia Krakowska, Danuta Wodynska. A musician tries to find his inner peace in a cottage within the woods.
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- Drama
- Andrzej Wajda
- 1970-11-10
The Birch Wood (Polish: Brzezina) is a 1970 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda based on a novel by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where Wajda won the Golden Prize for Direction [1] and Daniel Olbrychski won the award for Best Actor.
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- Andrzej Korzynski
The Birch Wood is a 1970 Polish drama film directed by Andrzej Wajda based on a novel by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where Wajda won the Golden Prize for Direction and Daniel Olbrychski won the award for Best Actor. Takes place in a prewar Poland.
Having lost the will to live after the untimely demise of his wife, Boleslaw, a healthy forester and inconsolable father-of-one, has holed himself in a secluded lodge in the heart of a dense birch forest.
In The Birch Wood, The Maids of Wilko and Sweet Rush, a lesser-known Wajda appears: quiet, impressionist, focused on nature, full of melancholic cogitation on the passing of time. A long and fruitful adventure with the great writer’s work began with The Birch Wood (1970), a film surprising even for the director himself. Many years later ...
In 1930s Poland, Stanislaw (Olgierd Lukaszewicz) is dying from tuberculosis but is still determined to relish what life he has left. He arrives at the farm of his brother Boleslaw (Daniel ...
- Drama
Aug 16, 2022 · Aug 16, 2022. -- Daniel Olbrychski (on the right) portraying Boleslaw and Olgierd Łukaszewicz in the role of Stanislaw. Originally named as Brzezina, The Birch Wood was directed by the iconic...
