A taxi driver decides to take part in a robbery to earn money for the treatment of his sick wife.

A day before the beginning of the Second World War, a young resident of Bydgoszcz falls in love with a German teenager.

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.

Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.