Картина повествует об экспедиции на другую планету. В результате аварии в живых осталось лишь трое астронавтов — Марта и двое мужчин, Пётр и Ежи. Связь с Землёй потеряна, выжившие решают поселиться на берегу моря и дают начало новому человеческому роду.
Set in 1944. A shepherd boy enters an abandoned palace he has seen only from the distance since he was a boy. Once he enters the palace, strange things begin to happen as though he was dreaming the events rather than living them.
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength seriously, eventually defeating a name wrestler in a fair match. Angered circus manager fires him; he leaves happily due to two wrestler brothers who were harassing him. The wrestler goes on to fame, performing in the world's top arenas, and one day is serenaded by a tenor from the crowd. Fame brings him women and admirers but he is uncompromising on his profession. He has his revenge on one of his tormentors defeating him in the ring. One day, attending a game in a tuxedo, he is challenged by another of the brothers and drawn into a brutal game, in course of which he kills his opponent. Thus his career ends.
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…