Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.
To convince the prison warden against releasing him, a middle-aged Polish man recounts his life, one he considers to have been characterized by exceptionally bad luck.
A performance based on Stanisław Wyspiański’s dramatic epic poem, first presented at Teatr Laboratorium, Wrocław, Poland, October 10, 1962. Filmed in 1968.
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