Post-war movie

Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office.

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

Two young men from a town near Łódź attack and rob a taxi driver. Unsatisfied with the loot, they make their escape from the authorities...

The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing...

Nikodem Dyzma immigrates from the eastern part of Poland to the capital in the hope for possibilities to make a living. He is in need, very poor...