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."
7/10。比起King Richard，其实叫Despot Richard可能更符合片子的调性：对跨越阶层的名利和成功毫不掩饰地推崇，对竞技体育带来的种族平权毫不吝惜地赞美，顺便把价值判断的权利留给了观众。剧本挺厚实，Will Smith又一次扮演了一个伟大父亲角色，标准的冲奖季电影。
小时候上学那会儿，正好赶上威廉姆斯姐妹在网坛崛起。也十分清楚的记得看台上她们的老爹绝不会缺席。大威小威的天赋和勤奋自不必说，但最主要、最重要的可能还是因为老爹的锲而不舍。而本片的主角并不是大小威，而是她们的父亲“国王”理查德。虽然故事很励志，也很传奇，但这样的成功恐怕又很难复制。
我还是很喜欢这种可以认真讲故事的片子。让人觉得大威小威的爸爸好厉害，虽然讲话是很讨厌，但很高瞻远瞩，很懂怎么能教育好孩子。妈妈也很了不起，默默付出，不像爸爸会到处说，是一个支撑家庭的角色，提到爸爸的感情生活的那段吵架真的觉得妈妈太好了，真的很会说话。结尾虽然输了但其实是赢了！
史密斯演技下了功夫，但是剧本有些做作过头了，老头子像上帝一样自信反倒让人觉得假，3.0
恭喜《拳王查理德》拿奖哈哈哈 这是史密斯的第一个小金人儿吧
真正tough又determined要不就底层要不就高阶，中间是最躺平的，看着没娃的我一阵焦虑（手动doge face
励志粉饰功利，族裔牵制性别，一股父权合理化的怪异。
还是很戏剧化的，想开枪杀人的时候，对面居然就被枪击了……像一个团队一样思考，对家庭也很重要
按枭雄片的拍法来做家庭片，偏执屌丝带着全家逆袭的大爽文，为了冲奖夹带一些相对生硬又不太落地的政治元素，不过我觉得还是挺好看的，但我没看过《摔跤吧爸爸》所以没法对比，以后以后看完《摔》再看看需不需要调整评分。这片受众本来就是给望子成龙的父母看的，蛊惑性还可以，适合给想培养出下一代谷爱凌的中国家长们放给子女看哈
完全是因为 奥斯卡上的那记狠狠的耳光多给一星！！！恶补此片！类型片叙事很工整，拿个男主角奖也是足够的，跟《弱点》中的桑德拉·布洛克拿女主角奖差不多！
黑人是敏感的，美国电影发展受制种族，受制政治正确
知道名字叫理查德，但是没办法还是想看大威小威，虽然她们充当了背景板。世界前二，多次女单决赛对决是她们，女双冠军是她们，还能有这样的传奇吗。
活人的传记片不好拍啊，处处流露出怕被找麻烦的谨慎。三星半。比摔爸更深刻和进步一点，但也没有令人难忘的台词和桥段。
陈词滥调，感觉不是king Richard 而是dictator Richard。
不喜欢这样的电影，看似另辟蹊径在讲一对世界冠军的父亲，一到运动比赛场面又开始开启大光圈奏响激昂曲。会因为自己欣赏的演员拿奖感到开心，也清楚奖项既然是由人选出来的自然避免不了同情票。想看看其他几部入围的电影之后，再去做Mr. Smith是不是实至名归的判断。再强调一遍，这是一部毫无创新，假高潮的体育题材电影。
作为一个资深网球迷，这部电影肯定要看，老威廉姆斯为女儿们制定了详细的规划，没想到威廉姆斯姐妹最终实现了这个计划，牛逼！选角很棒，两个小演员，特别是小威的扮演者简直神似。期待未来德约科维奇也来拍一部自传电影，想必更加精彩！
大小威和richard选角蛮成功的，史皇总算不演自己了。其实大V这一路都算顺风顺水的，编剧选取的几个时间锚点展现williams低谷都没有引起太大的波澜... 第三幕还是靠体育赛事的魅力本身，同样是励志题材确实不如Coda - 7.4
由此可证，鼓励式育儿是对的，对小孩严格一点也是对的，努力学习更是对的！毕竟真的没有谁能随随便便成功啊～
非常工整的一部传记片，故事节奏人物都工整到没话讲，will的演绎更是满分！（奥斯卡你发发善心。最后影片落脚到了种族和女性鼓励的点上是非常取巧的行为，毕竟把king已经大剌剌写在了标题。父权的压迫，偏执，却让两姐妹走向了成功，不得不说，是这个世界太荒谬，而女孩成长的弑父总是表现得温情。她们还是成功了不是吗！妈妈的角色其实才是真的心灵的后盾。最后，还是祝福will一举夺魁！也希望所有的族裔的女孩也可以受到鼓舞，但也可以自由成长。
老威廉姆斯这人设实在喜欢不起来，连带着威尔·史密斯的表演也看不下去，我反而觉得演妈妈的安洁纽·艾莉丝演技更佳，厨房争吵戏明显女好于男。
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