Józef Świeżyński, premier rządu powołanego przez Radę Regencyjną
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.
An officer stationed in a remote Ukranian outpost at the end of the First World War is dying of consumption. Suffering from feverish dreams and hallucinations, he begins to collect religious art and attends seances.
Bednarz é escolhido para liderar a construção de um complexo petroquímico. Firme e honesto, ele acredita que isso será o suficiente, mas Bednarz precisa lidar com o descontentamento de parte dos habitantes locais.