Short propaganda film. Warsaw's post-war reconstruction as seen through the eyes of the passengers of a red bus.

The year 1953 ends. Mines that failed to fulfil the plan are not allowed to light their star. Socialist realism treated seriously – with the memory of the mining tradition, with respect for the work of the old, with hope for the young.

重演塔特山区营救队二战时的一次行动，获威尼斯金狮奖提名

1952年的夏天，波兰人民共和国建立的第八个年头，农民们在田间地头劳作，满心欢喜收割着自己辛勤劳动得来的果实。可就在解放前，农民的生活却凄惨无比。19356年出版的《农民日记》，记录了解放前穷苦波兰农民的惨状。肥沃的土地养育了农民，但否定了他们的存在。他们的孩子因缺少营养形成弓形腿，每家只能在复活节时才能买到一公斤糖，为了面包他们移民和漂泊，居无定所。 摄制组按照日记中的描述，走访了那些村落小镇，见证着解放后农民生活天翻地覆般的改变，农民子女对美好未来的追求和践行。忘不掉前夜的黑暗，同时更加感激今天的温暖阳光……

One night in 1950 a passenger train runs over a man, who turns out to be the veteran train engineer Władysław Orzechowski, know for his old ways and stern demeanor. As the inquiry panel tries to deduce why would a man like Orzechowski jump in front of a moving train several of the people involved in the case are interrogated, each telling their own version of the story. Can the panel arrive at the truth in a world where workers unite, inferior coal is a badge of honor, and the old order is suspect?

A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.

1960 film by Andrzej Munk

Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.