1945, Zofia Szablewska, a repatriate from the East, arrives in the former Breslau, now Wroclaw. He lives in a former German villa - the House under the Two Eagles. Zofia's roommate is Jan Liski, an officer of the Security Office who raises his stepson, Kazio, alone. Zofia uses the Red Cross to search for her husband Antoni and son Zbyszek, with whom she lost contact during the war. The commemorative clock left by the Germans brings back memories of her native Kresy, the Nowosiolo estate and the beginning of her love with the Polish settler - Antoni.
Maciej Berbeka realiza la primera ascensión invernal del Broad Peak en 1988, escapando de la muerte por centímetros. Andrzej Zawada, el líder de la expedición, anuncia un gran éxito. Una vez que regresan a Polonia, resulta que Maciej "solo" alcanzó la Cumbre Rocosa, situada veintitrés metros más abajo que el pico real.
