Andrzej Wróbel

This drama follows a lawyer who, averse to the sound of a barrel organ, changes his outlook upon meeting a blind girl. Based on the short story by Bolesław Prus.

To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.

第二次世界大戦末期、ポーランド。反ソ派テロリストのマチェック（チブルスキー）は、ソ連から来た共産地区委員長暗殺の指令を受ける。しかし、誤って別の男二人を殺してしまう。「世代」「地下水道」に続くワイダの戦争三部作。モノクロの画面の中、虫けらのように儚く消えてゆく青年の命。その空しい死に様は、観る者を絶句させずにはおかない。

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.