Magda, the butcher's daughter, against the wishes of her father becomes an actress in the theater "Golden Mask". Kicked out of the house she meets Count Xavier Runickie and soon they get married. Unfortunately, the marriage did not bring her happiness...
Jozek unexpectedly is put to a harsh test when his mother, a seamstress by profession, succumbs to an unfortunate accident and is forced to lie in bed for several long months. The boy stays alone, has nothing to live on, and finally lands on the pavement. On the advice of a friend, he enters the "legion of the street", making him one of the many juvenile newspapers. It turns out that the boy's mother is waiting for a hard operation, and its costs can be covered only one way - the boy must be a "master", that is, he has to deliver newspapers. A bicycle is necessary for this. Meanwhile, the opportunity arises to get a bike - a street cycling race is organized, and the main prize is the bike. Józek decides to take off.
A young man joins the revolutionary movement in 1905, aimed at Tsarist occupiers of Poland. The members of the secret organization conspire to take the life of a noted Russian general.
Feliks Promienski inherits from his aunt a small clay figurine representing a pagan god. And from that moment happiness begins to favor him. At races, while playing roulette and in love. At the races Feliks meets Beata .
An international group of women traffickers is increasingly active in Poland. At a Warsaw dance school, they tempt young women with the possibility of being cast by an American film studio. What the gang doesn’t know is that among the students, there is a secret police agent.
Leonard Buczkowski's feature debut in 1928 is the first Polish film super-production - made with the participation of many military formations, with innovative battle scenes, epoch-making weapons and the latest technical achievements.