The programme is based on 'The Secret History of the Mongols', a manuscript written in the 13th century, some believe by the adopted son of the great Khan.
Película basada en la novela de Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski. Polonia, siglo noveno precristiano. Los nativos han vivido en paz durante siglos, tendiendo su tierra y adorando al Dios del sol. Pero cuando el príncipe Popiel, un hombre hambriento de poder, trae su ejército vikingo para establecer un régimen bárbaro y sanguinario de terror, el arquero afamado Ziemowit (Michal Zebrowski), lidera un levantamiento campesino e intenta poner fin a derramamiento de sangre.
Told as a film within the film, the story concerns an aging actress. Ewa is a flamboyant, pushy actress whose career and love life have come to a dead end. She lives in a faceless housing development. She is totally engrossed in herself and dreams of making a comeback as a singer. But her overbearing personality time after time sets her into conflict with those she tries to work with in the theater and her bedroom.
Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.
