Franciszek finds out from a doctor that his mother is on the verge of death. Unable to watch over her, he hires a village wise-woman, Palchowa, to tend to his Mother in her last moments.
Na cidade polaca de Janow, durante a década de 1930, uma comuna oculta foi formada em torno de Teofil Ociepka, um eletricista na mina de carvão local e pintor, que se tornou um mestre da Ciência Esotérica. Ociepka e seus discípulos, simples mineiros sem instrução, procuraram a Pedra Filosofal e perseguiram a perfeição espiritual, o que lhes permitiria penetrar no Princípio e no Sentido do Mundo.
Film set during the Silesian Uprising in the 1920's. The German owners of a mine decide that it is unprofitable and want to close it by flooding it. The miners go on strike.
The miners of one of the mines in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie receive news about the planned layoffs. The miners decide to organize a strike. One of the local MPs is trying to prevent this from happening. The French mine owner makes a dangerous decision - he orders the miners to work in an area at risk of fire. An explosion occurs unexpectedly. The miners lynch Coeur, and their demonstration, in which they carry the bodies of the victims of the crash, is brutally suppressed by the police.
