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."
观看门槛有点点高，完全不了解她的估计会看得一头雾水（可以先看看王冠去了解这里面的几场戏出自戴妃生命时间线里的哪里）。本片展示戴安娜在这场无爱婚姻里必须出席的几个皇家场合里的表现。KS把戴妃的压抑、绝望、孤独演出来了，但是，她演得太不像个母亲了。
看了一半，小K演得挺好的，衣服也好看，只是这片子神经兮兮的又有些无聊，我不喜欢。我印象里戴安娜王妃是一个正面评价的女性，这片子里的却是一个恋爱脑的弃妇，在我看的二分之一里根本没有任何能让人有正面评价的表现。
氛围情绪都到了 情节有点一般 但是能有那种感同身受的悲伤与窒息 加一星吧
3星半，作为小k十几年老粉，实事求是，没有crown里那小姑娘演的好。基本就是低眉垂首歪头公式化的表演，怎么看，都还是小k。剧情没有海报美。（因为看错影院迟到没看到小k真人，已和买错票没见到c罗并列为人生两大遗憾）/二刷，终于见到了小K！！但没拿到签名，难过。。二刷观感小k的台词和动作越发片段化，真的不太行啊。很有电影感，但是究竟说了什么？
3.5/5，KS其实演的还挺还原的，黛安娜的绝望与反叛，同时兼具母爱，整个片子的牢笼感特别明显，也是拜无处不在的管弦乐所赐，看的时候让人想起了小岛惊魂，另都铎王朝作为我的启蒙英剧，我实在没get到安妮博林给黛安娜带来的启示这个点，要是学安妮的手腕，哪还有卡米拉什么事啊，这种只提到某个点的思路就很师夷长技，嗯，不过本片聚焦三天的拍法还是要比梅艳芳这种ppt电影要高级多了，但是多场戏都压在那个鸟身上还是有点太明了～～～
隔几年拍一次戴安娜，够无聊。克里斯汀多年颜粉，对她的演技已经不抱希望，就随便拍拍，别想染指这奖那奖了吧。Timothy Spall怎么瘦成这样了。
他們是被關在體制裡錦衣玉食養著的人，動物園裡的白老虎，有人渴望成為籠中鳥，但有人想離開，因為被這觀賞的人群耳語壓迫得喘不過氣，讓我想起「得體」的凱特王妃，I feel sad for her.
斯图尔特女士的脖子短了点，加上她肩膀宽，就导致肩膀总是高耸着的错觉…… 奔向自由？没那么伟大，只是锦衣玉食的日子过惯了，偶尔需要换一下口味，喘口气和调剂一下，皇室并不是监狱。小K演的很努力，但个人气质太过明显，概过了演技，仍让她看上去像不羁个性少女的叛逃，而不是一位有着贵族血统的王妃。
拍的过于矫情和神经，真的没必要……ps满屏香奈儿是怎么回事……另外小K如果只是拍cos照片是挺像，动起来就是另外一件事了
不再说她著名的死亡，又处处与她的死亡关联。应景的女性题材，皇室教条是社会给女性的压迫的夸张版，喜欢台球桌那场戏，复杂的对峙，既有愤怒又有理解，但有的人秉性可能就是烈马，驯马人会在战争中死亡，老朽的事物会衰败，而那匹马依然使人铭记并“震惊”。问题还是内容设计得有些简单了，隐喻显著，技巧套路。看完会明白为什么会选K来演，因为想要的就是她骨子里的劲，K就是这一代最不驯的女演员。
戴安娜本人有太多影像资料存世，尤其前几年还放出来一些更私人的自述，对于像不像这件事，个人其实不是很在意，就当一种阐述看就行。可是KS的演技尽力是尽力了，被人质疑“矫揉造作”也能理解批评的点。不过这个毫无共情点的剧本，我也想不出有几个演员才撑得起来。
基本套路和Jackie 一脉相承，但是不知道为什么这个我是喜欢的，可能Spencer的情绪更能get。小k演的很好，完美完成了导演的任务。
故事应该叫做 让王妃穿好衣服按时吃饭有多难
全片一直都在说戴安娜怎么疯，怎么崩溃，怎么无法忍受，但是却完全没有说为什么。
神烦这种电影为了格调，配上一堆unsetteling的弦乐渲染，人物对话和行动动机塑造的莫名其妙的神经质。完全忘记storytelling的本性，而是搞些所谓“文艺片”的噱头们。
摄影和配乐无疑很出色 可以看出小K真的是很努力在塑造这个角色…演技确实比暮光时代好很多 但口音和神态无可避免留下了比较明显的模仿痕迹 尤其和剧版王冠里的戴安娜比起来处于下风
剧情不算精巧，配乐非常优秀了。黛安娜主观视角的绝对放大，“They read minds”。精致浮华下的抗争更多演变成一种内耗，戴妃更多的痛苦却是我们永远也无法知道的了。小K的表演非常努力，这么多面部大特写算是撑住了（虽然我觉得小动作过多了点），颈部前倾是K的老毛病了，不过基本不影响观感。台球室对话和开头车辆压过鸟类尸体想起《宠儿》，老屋安妮波林接回忆蒙太奇想起《私人采购员》，珍珠落地想起BVS里Martha之死。服装太赞，成功种草圆形珍珠耳夹。
看了个鬼片这是？？戴妃是安娜波琳的远房亲戚？？小k太刻意模仿了，显得都有点做作，含胸含肩地走路，瞪着泪汪汪的双眼，在夜里穿着蓬蓬裙走去自己家那里还真有点戴妃的影子，但看着也太恼火了哎呀
C+ / 在一个个对于“戴安娜”的镜头定格下，浮夸又撕扯的表演形成了角色内外两面的搏斗，因此最后一幕的存在是十分必要的，“斯宾塞”作为“戴安娜”的内在灵魂终于从皇室的躯壳中逃逸，换取墙外的自由，而K的表演也褪去了矫揉造作的刻意感。
非常典型的七分电影。这片于我而言最大的看点是《烧女图》的摄影，几处对称构图和小空间的调度都非常漂亮。圣诞夜出逃的爵士乐也是一绝。至于小K，可能大家对于美女比较宽容，个人觉得这个角色并不完全适合她，演得也缺乏层次，但导演非常准确地抓住了她的脆弱感，这是年轻一代的好莱坞女星非常罕见的特质。如果她未来能多在欧三大的体系里面打磨，拿奖也只是时间问题。
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