Set in military barracks in a small town during World War I. The soldiers herded in the barracks are 'politically suspect' mix of characters from all over of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Czechs, Jews, and even Italians, but officers in charge are Germans. A new lieutenant arrives with the mission to bring order to the unit. He is the sadist, enjoying humiliating the men. Fed up with his behaviour the lower ranks kidnap him one night and string him up in a public toilet. They also make sure that he fouls up during the inspection. Eventually the five ring leaders are imprisoned. They escape and end up in Budapest posing as guards as guards of veterinary surgeons. They are caught and sent back to face a court martial and their old tormentor.
The film depicts three days in the life of a state farm director, during which he celebrates his 40th birthday. He was adopted by four godfathers who have helped him throughout his life and have reached positions of prominence themselves. He makes a mistake at work turning away some foreigh investors and is required to cover the losses, but even his godfathers are unable to help him. He regains affection of his son instead.
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
카지미에시 브란디스의 동명의 소설을 원작으로 만든 작품. 우아한 차림의 한 여성이 1939년 파리에서 보낸 시간을 떠올린다. 촉망받는 배우였던 그녀는 나치 점령 하의 파리에서 연기 활동을 하기 싫어 다른 직업을 구하고, 그때부터 그녀의 삶은 예측할 수 없는 방향으로 흘러간다. 1963년 칸영화제 경쟁부문 상영. 1963년 샌프란시스코국제영화제 작품상, 각색상(카지미에시 브란디스), 여우주연상(바르바라 크라프토프나) 수상. (2019 한-폴 수교 30주년 기념 폴란드 영화제)
