Cast: Jerzy Turek

Direction Andrzej Munk

Cast Edward Dziewonski · Barbara Polomska · Ignacy Machowski · Leon Niemczyk

Synopsis Two sketches covering episodes from the World War II. In the first novel, "Scherzo alla polacca", a shrewd son, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for fighting. His will to survive is more...

Direction Andrzej Konic

Cast Leonard Pietraszak · Ryszard Pietruski · Edmund Fetting · Anna Seniuk

Synopsis Poland in the 17th century. Two army officers stands up to the ruling aristocracy and end up in prison.

Direction Jerzy Passendorfer

Cast Barbara Soltysik · Aleksandr Belyavsky · Anatoli Golik · Janusz Bukowski

Direction Janusz Nasfeter

Cast Elzbieta Czyzewska · Janusz Guttner · Wlodzimierz Borunski · Adolf Chronicki

Synopsis The story of the tumultuous relationship between a Jewish girl called Noemi and a Polish art student named Kamil is set at the outbreak of World War II.

Direction Tadeusz Chmielewski

Cast Kazimierz Witkiewicz · Jerzy Turek · Bogusz Bilewski · Andrzej Gawronski

Synopsis An acute case of Mondayitis in Warsaw. Interwoven stories of a few inhabitants of Warsaw, including one very unlucky Italian on a governmental mission and a charitable Polish American.

Direction Kazimierz Kutz

Cast Janina Traczykówna · Andrzej May · Malgorzata Dziedzic · Danuta Szaflarska

Synopsis A group of people find themselves stuck in remote train station in German-occupied Poland. A drunk German station guard there gets paranoid and sees partisans all around him, phones headquarters, and when the German soldiers arrive and search the station...