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."
从<剑雨>以后 到徐浩峰武林三部曲以后 难得看到这么过瘾的动作武侠电影了.
百战归来酒尚温，繁霜侵鬓转消沉。但愿人间留侠气，不教狐鼠敢相侵。
事了拂衣去，深藏身与名。故事很简单，但是很武侠
服装，建筑，还有部分动作道具有点日化，差评。
本来想给3颗星，败在编剧上，略单薄。但是看在主角谢苗的份上，给4颗。
简单粗暴却有效。厌世侠客，英雄救美，不可为而为之，挑翻全世界这块做得不够好。其他都不错。最后也没抱得美人归，反倒是死了个红颜知己。有点怪。
到底是谁目中无人，是成瞎子，还是宇文英。成瞎子为了报倪燕一壶酒之恩，只身对抗病娇官二代（黑二代）宇文英。故事借鉴了胜新太郎的座头市的设定：酒鬼、赌鬼、沐浴戏、妓院中红颜知己等，甚至连杀阵的起手动作都相似。直接能看出来的是致敬，怕别人看出来的是抄袭，本片是致敬的范畴。本片缝合其他电影的痕迹也很重，开头的雨中打斗戏应该是《一代宗师》的雨中打戏，回忆部分的成乙杀敌戏份很像《绣春刀2》中回忆杀敌戏份。但因为是专业的动作演员，谢苗的动作戏继承的发展了，以雨中打斗为例，《一代宗师》里面强调动作的流畅与美感，本片则重点强调痛感，成瞎子打人专打关节，在华丽的基础上，痛感十足，这种痛感十足的处理方式，又有点像《突袭》。但作为一部网大，本片镜头语言很电影化，武侠片独有的色调也很精彩，节奏紧凑。非常推荐！
本片的画面、光影、构图、意境、镜头运用……都可圈可点，导演静心设计着每一处分镜，最后决战的风雨黑白画风让我想到了《罪恶都市》，让我想到了大导演昆汀的影像语言。
挺贫穷的制作，就那么几个场景翻来覆去地用；挺老套的故事，基本看了开头就能猜到结局。但是这片子偏偏能用寒碜的预算达到了非常高的完成度，整体的道具质感、打光、武术全都不掉链子，有几段镜头还挺惊喜，总算是让人感受到了导演的那份追求，挺难得的。谢苗的表演不算出彩，但让人印象深刻，很有成为青年张涵予的潜质，加油啊。
雪中复仇，无论从构图，光影，配乐，还是动作，都呈现出比昆丁塔伦蒂诺杀死比尔的雪中决斗，更具东方韵味的艺术之美。
武打戏有当年的味道了，但服化道已经不是以倭代唐了，是指倭为唐！可惜了谢苗
从配音、视听、打光、剪辑和表演，全方位，360度给你展示一部3分网大的水准……搞笑就搞笑在我吃饭前还在复习《杀人回忆》，吃完饭就开始看这种水准的片子，真是不怕不识货，就怕货比货
还不错，比诸多网大电影都好看，剧情节奏、动作设计、布景、配乐都值得称赞！男主表现的武侠范儿还挺上头，视觉张力杠杠的！要不是剧情短了一些，感觉都可以上院线了
把盲侠弄成赏金猎人（捉刀人），放在唐朝安史之乱后（其实哪个朝代都行）。喝了姑娘的喜酒，为姑娘讨一个公道，凭一己之力铲除黑恶势力及其保护伞。
武打设计是最大的亮点，但是和风太盛，重头戏模仿《座头市》的痕迹很明显。剧情太薄，流程程式化严重，编剧的剧情构建能力太一般，只能是网文里的中庸之作，靠谢苗和武打效果提升了一些地位！
意外之喜。本以为粗制滥造，却是精良制作。节奏紧凑不拖沓，打戏干脆利落，摄像用镜高端大气，相当良心
谢苗好像一直都没变。有些仓促，但近年属于不错了。
看到这个想到了镖人，乱世，纷乱，血性血腥，招招要命
一部赶工之作，主创人员全都无心恋战，焦急地想把片子拍完，所有人物形象都流于表面，异常单薄，也就部分动作设计的还行吧，其他包括表演、节奏、质感等各方面都完成的很粗糙（居然还山寨了毛利族的战舞……真的笑了），特别那个瞬间拔刀杀人一闪的五毛特技……可能是对「座头市」的拙劣模仿。
事了拂衣去，深藏功与名。 杀一个人要偿命，杀一万个就不用了。
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