In 1961, Stanislaw Rozewicz created the novella film "Birth Certificate" in cooperation with his brother, Taduesz Rozewicz as screenwriter. Such brother tandems are rare in the history of film but aside from family ties, Stanislaw (born in 1924) and Taduesz (born in 1921) were mutually bound by their love for the cinema. They were born and grew up in Radomsk, a small town which had "its madmen and its saints" and most importanly, the "Kinema" cinema, as Stanislaw recalls: for him cinema is "heaven, the whole world, enchantment". Tadeusz says he considers cinema both a charming market stall and a mysterious temple. "All this savage land has always attracted and fascinated me," he says. "I am devoured by cinema and I devour cinema; I'm a cinema eater." But Taduesz Rozewicz, an eminent writer, admits this unique form of cooperation was a problem to him: "It is the presence of the other person not only in the process of writing, but at its very core, which is inserperable for me from absolute solitude." Some scenes the brothers wrote together; others were created by the writer himself, following discussions with the director. But from the perspective of time, it is "Birth Certificate", rather than "Echo" or "The Wicked Gate", that Taduesz describes as his most intimate film. This is understandable. The tradgey from September 1939 in Poland was for the Rozewicz brothers their personal "birth certificate". When working on the film, the director said "This time it is all about shaking off, getting rid of the psychological burden which the war was for all of us. ... Cooperation with my brother was in this case easier, as we share many war memories. We wanted to show to adult viewers a picture of war as seen by a child. ... In reality, it is the adults who created the real world of massacres. Children beheld the horrors coming back to life, exhumed from underneath the ground, overwhelming the earth."
The principle of composition of "Birth Certificate" is not obvious. When watching a novella film, we tend to think in terms of traditional theatre. We expect that a miniature story will finish with a sharp point; the three film novellas in Rozewicz's work lack this feature. We do not know what will be happen to the boy making his alone through the forest towards the end of "On the Road". We do not know whether in "Letter from the Camp", the help offered by the small heroes to a Soviet prisoner will rescue him from the unknown fate of his compatriots. The fate of the Jewish girl from "Drop of Blood" is also unclear. Will she keep her new impersonation as "Marysia Malinowska"? Or will the Nazis make her into a representative of the "Nordic race"? Those questions were asked by the director for a reason. He preceived war as chaos and perdition, and not as linear history that could be reflected in a plot. Although "Birth Certificate" is saturated with moral content, it does not aim to be a morality play. But with the immense pressure of reality, no varient of fate should be excluded. This approached can be compared wth Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blind Chance" 25 years later, which pictured dramatic choices of a different era.
The film novella "On the Road" has a very sparing plot, but it drew special attention of the reviewers. The ominating overtone of the war films created by the Polish Film School at that time should be kept in mind. Mainly owing to Wajda, those films dealt with romantic heritage. They were permeated with pathos, bitterness, and irony. Rozewicz is an extraordinary artist. When narrating a story about a boy lost in a war zone, carrying some documents from the regiment office as if they were a treasure, the narrator in "On the Road" discovers rough prose where one should find poetry. And suddenly, the irrational touches this rather tame world. The boy, who until that moment resembled a Polish version of the Good Soldier Schweik, sets off, like Don Quixote, for his first and last battle. A critic described it as "an absurd gesture and someone else could surely use it to criticise the Polish style of dying. ... But the Rozewicz brothers do no accuse: they only compose an elegy for the picturesque peasant-soldier, probably the most important veteran of the Polish war of 1939-1945." "Birth Certificate" is not a lofty statement about national imponderabilia. The film reveals a plebeian perspective which Aleksander Jackieqicz once contrasted with those "lyrical lamentations" inherent in the Kordian tradition. However, a historical overview of Rozewicz's work shows that the distinctive style does not signify a fundamental difference in illustrating the Polish September. Just as the memorable scene from Wajda's "Lotna" was in fact an expression of desperation and distress, the same emotions permeate the final scene of "Birth Certificate". These are not ideological concepts, though once described as such and fervently debated, but rather psychological creations. In this specific case, observes Witold Zalewski, it is not about manifesting knightly pride, but about a gesture of a simple man who does not agree to be enslaved.
The novella "Drop of Blood" is, with Aleksander Ford's "Border Street", one of the first narrations of the fate of the Polish Jews during the Nazi occupation. The story about a girl literally looking for her place on earth has a dramatic dimension. Especially in the age of today's journalistic disputes, often manipulative, lacking in empathy and imbued with bad will, Rozewicz's story from the past shocks with its authenticity. The small herione of the story is the only one who survives a German raid on her family home. Physical survial does not, however, mean a return to normality. Her frightened departure from the rubbish dump that was her hideout lead her to a ruined apartment. Her walk around it is painful because still fresh signs of life are mixed with evidence of annihilation. Help is needed, but Mirka does not know anyone in the outside world. Her subsequent attempts express the state of the fugitive's spirits - from hope and faith, moving to doubt, a sense of oppression, and thickening fear, and finally to despair.
At the same time, the Jewish girl's search for refuge resembles the state of Polish society. The appearance of Mirka results in confusion, and later, trouble. This was already signalled by Rozewicz in an exceptional scene from "Letter from the Camp" in which the boy's neighbour, seeing a fugitive Russian soldier, retreats immediately, admitting that "Now, people worry only about themselves." Such embarassing excuses mask fear. During the occupation, no one feels safe. Neither social status not the aegis of a charity organisation protects against repression. We see the potential guardians of Mirka passing her back and forth among themselves. These are friendly hands but they cannot offer strong support. The story takes place on that thin line between solidarity and heroism. Solidarity arises spontaneously, but only some are capable of heroism. Help for the girl does not always result from compassion; sometimes it is based on past relations and personal ties (a neighbour of the doctor takes in the fugitive for a few days because of past friendship). Rozewicz portrays all of this in a subtle way; even the smallest gesture has significance. Take, for example, the conversation with a stranger on the train: short, as if jotted down on the margin, but so full of tension. And earlier, a peculiar examination of Polishness: the "Holy Father" prayer forced on Mirka by the village boys to check that she is not a Jew. Would not rising to the challenge mean a death sentance?
Viewed after many years, "Birth Certificate" discloses yet another quality that is not present in the works of the Polish School, but is prominent in later B-class war films. This is the picture of everyday life during the war and occupation outlined in the three novellas. It harmonises with the logic of speaking about "life after life". Small heroes of Rozewicz suddenly enter the reality of war, with no experience or scale with which to compare it. For them, the present is a natural extension of and at the same time a complete negation of the past. Consider the sleey small-town marketplace, through which armoured columns will shortly pass. Or meet the German motorcyclists, who look like aliens from outer space - a picture taken from an autopsy because this is how Stanislaw and Taduesz perceived the first Germans they ever met. Note the blurred silhouettes of people against a white wall who are being shot - at first they are shocking, but soon they will probably become a part of the grim landscape. In the city centre stands a prisoner camp on a sodden bog ("People perish likes flies; the bodies are transported during the night"); in the street the childern are running after a coal wagon to collect some precious pieces of fuel. There's a bustle around some food (a boy reproaches his younger brother's actions by singing: "The warrant officer's son is begging in front of the church? I'm going to tell mother!"); and the kitchen, which one evening becomes the proscenium of a real drama. And there are the symbols: a bar of chocolate forced upon a boy by a Wehrmacht soldier ("On the Road"); a pair of shoes belonging to Zbyszek's father which the boy spontaneously gives to a Russian fugitive; a priceless slice of bread, ground under the heel of a policeman in the guter ("Letters from the Camp"). As the director put it: "In every film, I communicate my own vision of the world and of the people. Only then the style follows, the defined way of experiencing things." In Birth Certificate, he adds, his approach was driven by the subject: "I attempted to create not only the texture of the document but also to add some poetic element. I know it is risky but as for the merger of documentation and poety, often hidden very deep, if only it manages to make its way onto the screen, it results in what can referred to as 'art'."
After 1945, there were numerous films created in Europe that dealt with war and children, including "Somewhere in Europe" ("Valahol Europaban", 1947 by Geza Radvanyi), "Shoeshine" ("Sciescia", 1946 by Vittorio de Sica), and "Childhood of Ivan" ("Iwanowo dietstwo" by Andriej Tarkowski). Yet there were fewer than one would expect. Pursuing a subject so imbued with sentimentalism requires stylistic disipline and a special ability to manage child actors. The author of "Birth Certificate" mastered both - and it was not by chance. Stanislaw Rozewicz was always the beneficent spirit of the film milieu; he could unite people around a common goal. He emanated peace and sensitivity, which flowed to his co-workers and pupils. A film, being a group work, necessitates some form of empathy - tuning in with others.
In a biographical documentary about Stanislaw Rozewicz entitled "Walking, Meeting" (1999 by Antoni Krauze), there is a beautiful scene when the director, after a few decades, meets Beata Barszczewska, who plays Mireczka in the novella "Drops of Blood". The woman falls into the arms of the elderly man. They are both moved. He wonders how many years have passed. She answers: "A few years. Not too many." And Rozewicz, with his characteristic smile says: "It is true. We spent this entire time together."
一颗星给贾玲的遭遇，电影笑点一般，情节无聊，
做女儿的，觉得自己已经尽可能给妈妈很多爱了，女儿想“下辈子我来当妈”。可是妈妈想的却是“下辈子还是我当妈”，这份妈妈给的恩情，无论怎么还，总是亏欠的。
敢于真诚袒露执念，这是一种商业稀缺，远远被低估。
看李焕英是不用动脑子的，因为母爱是本能，对母亲的依赖也是人类最原始的情感。眼泪就没有停过，贾玲真的是一个内心相当温柔的人，谢谢你和我们分享李焕英的故事，也谢谢李焕英带给大家贾玲这个宝藏女孩。
挺好的。所有俗梗都找到了合理的情感位置，真诚得让人无话可说，虽然是简单的段子编排，但这也是一生只有一次的作品。
情感充沛，技法稚嫩。贾玲太过想把自己内心的情感呈现给观众了，以至于全片在喜剧这个层面的表现都很是乏善可陈的，这可能是沈腾演过最不好笑的一部电影了，这种悲情向一边倒的安排在我看来是不可接受的
最后妈妈穿越回去的视角是神来之笔，母女想象中的告别，泪崩了。如果有一次机会让我穿越回去，我也没什么好妈妈，只有特别短暂的好爸爸，想到这个更令人难过不已，如果也能再给我7年就好了
有点像80年代好莱坞主流喜剧，简易高概念+共情落脚点+适度反转，过十几年翻拍一遍估计还是会奏效。
三星半。非作者向导演的处女作，太需要扎实的剧本作为基石，无论从结构还是情节出发，贾玲都编排得相当流畅。诚然，影片中段为了延续故事主线，填了不少应激性包袱，但整体上看算不得大纰漏。这也源自贾玲创作的真诚态度，结尾情节变奏的动情远离了硬挠，实打实的动人。张小斐是有能力做好的电影演员的。
韩寒上个电影是儿子回去见爸爸，贾玲这个是回去见妈妈。估计很快就会有电影是女儿回去见爸爸，儿子回去见妈妈的电影。我最后也哭了。贾玲没让大伙失望。看的时候还在想，这个表妹认得有点儿突兀，原来是为了成全女儿，很酷的点子。用心了。
我始终相信，不管技巧高超与否、表达形式如何变迁，也不论古今中外、时空转变，打动人心的永远是最真挚的情感。
爸妈——爸爸妈妈更爱你们！
同《夏洛特烦恼》互为优劣，若论喜剧感和年代元素的运用，《夏》是比《李》强很多的，对比之下，后者反而显得生硬稚嫩，甚至与主线脱节。可前者的成功，更多来源于数百场话剧的敲敲打打，是对得起价钱的商品，却也只是商品。而本片赢就赢在情感真挚上了，看得出贾玲并没有照搬原作小品取巧，而是很用心地串起母亲生前事迹，就连广受好评的《依兰爱情故事》都没用，足以看出贾玲铁了心想做的只是精神改编。另外本片还有两个高明之处：一是真正学会了用反转作戏，让煽情段落与剧情推进紧密联系，而不是简单粗暴去挠你哭点；二来电影感很强，几处视听小创意属实惊艳，剧组里应该有不错的人才吧。
那些记忆，不仅是贾玲的，而是所有人的。真实的孕育情感在电影里，以自身做衣，给他人做梦。
看完之后其实挺有共鸣的。其实我原来也有过这个想法，如果我能回到过去的话，我就不让我妈和我爸认识，这样她就不会过的像现在一样惨。有没有我无所谓，重点本身也就不是我。
我能感受到贾玲的真诚。给她四颗星。祝她越来越好。另外的感受是男女的悲欢真是从不相通，电影院里女的基本都哭了，我旁边的男的在问女朋友，到底有什么好哭的？
穿越是个壳，宿命是个圈，亲情是把锁，母爱是座山~
得知真相的我眼泪掉下来，那一段太好哭了😭我和我妈两个人都哭😭😭😭
的确是一部只有女儿才拍得出来的电影。与其说献给了每一位平凡的母亲，不如说是献给每一位不大愿意接受平凡真相而又蛮需要哭一哭的有（过）各种情绪的女儿，比如我……
得知真相的我眼泪掉下来，那一段太好哭了😭我和我妈两个人都哭😭😭😭
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