---
title: 'The Birch Wood (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andrzej Wajda'
released: '1970-11-10'
runtime_minutes: 99
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Poland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-birch-wood-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068321/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Birch Wood (1970)

1970 · 99 min · Drama · Poland

Original title: Brzezina

## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Andrzej Wajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-wajda)
- **Director of Photography:** [Zygmunt Samosiuk](https://cinepixo.com/people/zygmunt-samosiuk)
- **Editor:** [Halina Prugar-Ketling](https://cinepixo.com/people/halina-prugar-ketling)

## Cast

- [Daniel Olbrychski](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-olbrychski)
- [Danuta Wodyńska](https://cinepixo.com/people/danuta-wodynska)
- [Emilia Krakowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilia-krakowska)
- [Andrzej Kotkowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-kotkowski)
- [Mieczysław Stoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mieczys-aw-stoor)
- [Olgierd Łukaszewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/olgierd-ukaszewicz)

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