A young married couple is torn apart by WW1. When the news comes of her husband's death, Wanda marries another man, not knowing that her loved one is somewhere deep in the east.
The son of a miller, following his call, flees to the sea, but after several years he returns to his family and to his childhood romance, Hanka.
This documentary promotes the new post-war social and political order in Poland and condemns people opposed to the people's rule.
Zenon Ziembiewicz comes back to his hometown after graduating from the university in Paris. He gets entangled in a love triangle with educated young lady Elzbieta and a common country girl Justyna who gets pregnant.
