Stefan Starzyński, the mayor of Warsaw, organizes life in the capital in September 1939 and lift the inhabitants' spirits via radio announcements. After the surrender, he does not use his last chance to escape.
A young soldier is being blackmailed by his colleague after causing a driving accident while drunk
Henryk Matula has flashbacks to being imprisoned in Auschwitz after he gives a lift to an American tourist who wants to see it
A dramatic story about a young man entangled in complicated matters of war, conspiracy and political struggle. The action of each part of the triptych presents one day from different years. These are fictionalized experiences of an authentic participant of the Polish resistance movement during the Nazi occupation.
