It's 1940. German forces are prevailing over Allies across Europe. The crew of the Polish submarine, now serving in the Royal Navy, is waging a heroic fight against the invisible enemy.
Grodno, the eastern border of pre-war Poland. On September 1, 1939, German planes bomb the city. One of the bombs hits the school of Leoś, Ewelina and Tadek. Literally and symbolically, the world of a carefree childhood, fun and first crushes ends.
Inspired by true events, a story of a blind grand piano genius. As a child Mietek loses his sight. His mother places him in the care of the nuns in Laski. At the centre for the blind the boy discovers that music may be his way of seeing the world again and of describing it. Mietek goes on to become a brilliant classical pianist. Once he discovers jazz music, though, he has only one goal left: to become the best jazz pianist in Poland. He is more and more successful, not only in Poland but around the world. He wins the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival. Unexpectedly, a charismatic vocalist, Zuza, walks into his life. This meeting will change it forever.
In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.
1944년 여름 독일 나치 치하의 폴란드 바르샤바. 공장에서 일하며 어머니와 어린 남동생을 부양하는 스테판(요제프 파블로프스키)은 나치로부터 매일 모욕을 당한다. 이에 반나치 저항군에 가담하고 싶지만 위험한 일에 연류되지 말라는 어머니의 부탁으로 갈등하다 결국 친구들과 함께 비밀스러운 봉기 작전에 돌입하고 그 곳에서 알라(소피아 비츨라츠)를 만나 사랑에 빠지게 된다. 1944년 8월 1일, 폴란드 저항군의 반격이 시작되자 스테판은 어머니와의 약속을 저버리고 친구들과 전투에 가담한다. 나치군들이 자신의 집 주변을 점령했다는 소식을 듣고 급히 집으로 향한 스테판은 독일군에 의해 어머니와 어린 남동생이 무자비하게 사살되는 장면을 목격하게 되는데..
