Tina and Julian are musically talented siblings. They are preparing for a concert that is supposed to change their lives. However, fear, addiction, and conflicts that should have been resolved a long time ago, stand in the way of their success.
После смерти своей матери Матеуш Крол, мальчик из Кашубии, был принят на воспитание прусской аристократкой Гердой фон Краусс. Он растет во дворце вместе со своей ровесницей Маритой, дочерью фон Краусса. Позже, молодые люди влюбляются друг в друга. Крестный отец мальчика, кашубский патриот Базили Миотке, принимает участие в мирной конференции в Версале, где сражается за место Кашубии на карте Польши. Версальский договор, провозглашающий Польшу независимой страной, также приводит к тому, что семья фон Краусс теряет свое положение и влияние. Все чувствуют, что мир, каким они его знают, может измениться самым радикальным образом.
Franek, a student of painting. By coincidence becomes involved in the cogs of a horrific totalitarian machine. His sensitivity and humanity will be heavily tested.
How was it possible that a single man influenced contemporary world so significantly? This film is an attempt to capture the phenomenon of a common man’s metamorphosis into a charismatic leader — an attempt to see how a Gdansk shipyard electrician fighting for workers’ rights awakened a hidden desire for freedom in millions of people.
The film is set in the Tricity in 2003, ten years after the end of communism in Poland. The plot, apparently based on the real-life experiences of Kraków businessmen Lech Jerzorny and Paweł Rey, is about three young, talented businessmen who open a high-tech factory. This comes to the attention of the local state ‘mafia’, the local Prosecutor, played by Janusz Gajos, and tax office boss, played by Kasimierz Kaczor, who are both jealous and would like to make money for themselves. We are in Poland, so success must be punished.
