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."
有时候挺好有时候很糟糕，Richard E. Grant是宝藏，包括歌声
和舞台版一比真的有对比有伤害，支零破碎完全燃不起来，换歌真的搞不懂，倒也不必强加那么多意义进去，大概亮点就只有Richard E. Grant了，然而再看回你朝最近娱乐行业的各项阴间训条，又不舍得给它打低分，Jamie永远是我最爱的音乐剧之一
但剧情剪辑完全不知所云
一开始会有点迷糊，后来看进去了就觉得还挺有创意
前半部分非常有意思，男主每过12小时就会换一个身体，本体和被附者的镜头切换看着很舒适，热狗那段也是好评，但是男主知道真相以后就没有什么亮眼的部分了，而且后面那个帅叔叔发疯了还teamkill，就很突兀，可惜演员演技了
12小时一次的魂穿设定不错，这拍法也解决脸盲的障碍，一开始悬疑感蛮好的，动作戏飙车去啥的还行，但是那么快就和女主表明这操作也是绝，中间部分就乏了，bug太多了，乞丐大叔倒是蛮出彩的。其实故事就是黑帮的故事
在今日头条上看了精彩花絮以为和《疾速追杀》差不多感觉，没想到下载下来认真看到1小时15分钟了，还没完全到高潮，狗屎啊，我觉得编剧和导演都不知道怎么让灵魂脱壳到底在哪个人身上了！已经自己头晕了，观众也看的头晕了，反正一起头晕吧！一共才1小时48分的电影，还没有到枪战高潮部分，终于一小时32分开始了枪战高潮，短短的就结束了，一塌糊涂的电影！一颗星都不想给
故事太单一，一杀红了眼办事就毫无逻辑了。原本以为类似记忆碎片，很遗憾，只是披着灵魂游走外衣的无脑枪战片
题材挺新颖，中间的枪战动作戏也不错，但刚开始看的确实有点懵逼，不过将自己带入也还好，值得一看。
不错，值得看，中间有一段打斗可以，剧本演员都不错，但动作戏偏少，结尾动作戏反而不如中间刘白对打惊艳
不断魂穿在一个贩毒加警察内鬼的案件中各个人的男主，无论在怎样都在拯救女主，动作爽片，最后一场戏有点john wick孤胆英雄的味道。
题材非常的好，但故事稀烂……男主为救女友，开始每12小时就灵魂上身一个人的故事。结构上再下点心思就好了
日，今年动作片第一！基本没硬伤！这不就是《心里美》恐怖惊悚血腥动作版本！爱死了！
三星全都给到McCrea……太美了🥺🥺不要自作聪明改这么多细节好吗 很喜欢剧版Pritti和Jamie作为minority的连结，电影似乎弱化了……（而且在stereotyping feminist
6.5。女主不错，但是花瓶。创意还行，但叙事还是韩国那种爱情戏。剧情借鉴了永无止境和其他一些磕药电影，但是灵魂转换这个比那些电影还扯。
有好几条命打起来不慌啊，最后枪战致敬疾速基努哥了
利申：没看过剧版。合格青春片，除了歌不怎么好听外问题不大，焦点放在少年烦恼但也有短暂穿越回旧时warrior drag现场，没有强行跟爹和解令人欣慰。比同期DEH拍得用心多了不得不说（
前半部分非常有意思，男主每过12小时就会换一个身体，本体和被附者的镜头切换看着很舒适，热狗那段也是好评，但是男主知道真相以后就没有什么亮眼的部分了，而且后面那个帅叔叔发疯了还teamkill，就很突兀，可惜演员演技了
什么玩意啊!鬼附身也得讲些鬼逻辑吧?就流浪汉是合理的!
想象力还是很丰富的，让男主的灵魂脱离身体，每隔12个小时就进入另一个人的身体，而这些人正是知法犯法侵害他和女友的同事。影片借灵异的情节表达了要维护正义正确价值观，细思极恐的是隐喻了现实社会的黑暗，毕竟片中的灵异事件在现实里不会发生，所以如果事情真的发生在现实社会里，那么男主和女友以及前面调查到事件真相的同事，大概率就是遇害了，而他那些知法犯法贩毒的同事则还在逍遥法外。所以无力之余，只能寄希望于灵异事件来反转。影片多数镜头仍让男主饰演被他“上身”的人物，仅仅靠一个特写镜头做交代，所以看着感觉很混乱，如果直接让所有被“上身”的演员来演男主，效果会更好。
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