Teresa Iżewska

Two old friends meet at a mountain shelter and remember their teenage years. Midroń and Świdrycki are mature, intelligent men, experiencing a crisis of faith in the meaning of life, in their abilities, as well as fear of death. The next day, their wives join them. Although they have not had the opportunity to get to know each other so far, they become friends very quickly.

Three short segments about love.

"A Meeting in Bajka" tells a seemingly banal story of a marital triangle which bristles with intrigues and psychological nuances as a man, his wife and her lover rendezvous at the Bajce cafe.

In the rugged mountain gorges and ravines of southeastern Poland, a new boss and his wife become a catalyst for violence.

Two zootechnics students, Jacek and Marek, come to the Bieszczady (it's the Polish "Wild West"). Looking for a holiday adventure and income, they become "cowboys" on local cattle grazing. Instead of the expected romantic adventures and the male, hard life, their boredom is becoming their share. Only when Jacek gets a stallion Szaga, things take a different turn.

'４４年、ソ連軍の進軍近しと判断したロンドンの亡命政府の指令で敢行されたワルシャワ蜂起。しかし２０万もの犠牲を出す壊滅的打撃を受け、レジスタンスたちは地下水道へと逃げ込む。物語は、ほぼ全編、その地下水道の中で出口のない、あるいはあっても出られない緊迫感を持って繰り広げられる。語られる人間ドラマもさることながら、その状況こそが当時のポーランドの姿そのものの暗示であった。脚本のスタビンスキーの実体験に基づく、衝撃的な青春の物語。'５７年カンヌで審査員特別賞に輝いた。