Two young boys living in a small town in the east of Poland try to survive the war by working as projectionists in a local cinema. They provide entertainment to Poles, Germans and Russians alike.
Historical novel by Boleslaw Prus . The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
Трое молодых людей, выпускник коммерческого училища польский шляхтич Кароль Боровецкий, еврейский биржевой маклер Мориц Вельт и немецкий коммерсант Макс Баум, решают организовать собственное дело — построить самую крупную в городе ткацкую фабрику…
