Poland's winning battle against Soviet Russia as seen through the eyes of two young protagonists, Ola and Jan. She is a Warsaw cabaret dancer, while he is a cavalry officer and poet who believes in socialist ideals
O menino Stefek desafia o destino aos seis anos de idade. Ele acredita que a cadeia de eventos que ele põe em marcha irá ajudá-lo a se aproximar do pai, que abandonou sua mãe. Sua irmã Elka, de 17 anos, ajuda-o a aprender como “subornar” o destino com pequenos sacrifícios. Trapaças e coincidências até conseguem trazer o pai para perto da mãe, mas as coisas não saem como o planejado. Desesperado, Stefek põe à prova sua boa sorte com o mais arriscado de seus truques.
In the mid-1960s, a respected surgeon dreams of leaving Poland to see his wife and daughter in England. To get the money for his escape, he needs to consider taking part in a bank robbery.
Ewa is a reporter. Using her feminine charms and other means she is trying to become a journalist on a Warsaw weekly popular magazine. She hopes to become political interviewer of personalities and state leaders. On her way up the ladder she trips over one of her own shoestrings and falls short of the goal she has been pursuing so fanatically.
