The Birch Wood (1970)

overview : Takes place in a prewar Poland. A tubercular young man comes to stay with his brother on a farm. He is in love with life and constantly plays 1930's music on a piano. He gets involved with his brother's problems and also becomes the lover of a simpleminded farm girl. The brother's dead wife may have had an affair with the hired man who is to marry the farm girl. His daughter will not confirm his suspicions. But the brother's death leads to his acceptance of the past, forgiving his wife's memory and making up with his little daughter.

Release Date : Nov 10, 1970

Runtime : 1h 39m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Studio Filmowe Tor, WFDiF, WFF Lodz

Countries : Poland

Keywords : life and death, sibling relationship, countryside, comeback, woods, farm life, piano