Gabriela Star-Tyszkiewicz

Made in 1982, shelved for five years. Story opens with Lucja Krol's husband under the tram. She gives birth to her fourth son on the floor of their new apartment. Neighbor Wiktor, a communist intellectual, befriends the poverty-stricken family but is soon arrested and sent to jail. During the war Lucja narrowly escapes a Nazi roundup at the black market. Her sons hold ardent Communist meetings in their apartment, with her blessing. Lucja works hard, but without complaint. After the war, Klemens is inexplicably arrested, accused by the new regime of being a collaborator. Wiktor, now a high-ranking party member, trying to defend him, himself falls into disgrace. Klemens is tortured to "confess" and dies in jail, a Communist to the end. Lucja is never told about his fate.

A Jewish woman escaping from a transport helps a family poisoned by carbon monoxide. The young host decides to hide the girl.

После рождения ребёнка Филипп покупает себе 8-миллиметровую кинокамеру. Поскольку это первая камера в городе, местный партийный босс берёт его своим официальным фотографом. С повышением по службе растет и слава любителя; только взгляд его на реальность через объектив становится все более неприятным и беспощадным и все менее устраивающим власть предержащих…