Krystyna Cierniak

A man jumps off a moving train and goes to a small town to face its inhabitants, who seem familiar, but odd.

A modest and plain young Małgorzata leads a very boring life as a cashier. One day a robber riddles her bank car with bullets, kills driver and two security guards and takes the money. The police finds out that the stolen banknotes are being spent at a fashionable spa resort. The only way to find the criminal is to favor Małgorzata with a seaside holiday in the company of a handsome Captain as her "brother"...

A young teenager from the provinces comes to Warsaw to find her relations. But she has many adventures instead.

Jan Piszczyk está en dependencias policiales. Le han pedido que cuente la historia de su vida, una vida marcada por la mala suerte. Así narra los sucesos que le han marcado durante casi tres décadas, en la Polonia fascista, en la II guerra mundial y ocupación alemana, y en el comunismo.