A German man and a Polish woman fall in love in the days preceding World War II.

Soon after the end of the war, a former officer moves to a small seaside town in the Recovered Lands. The situation in this post-German territory is still unsettled.

Set at the end of the XIX-th century. Madame Dulska is the sole and absolute ruler of her house in Cracow. She is ruthless, greedy and oversensitive of the reputation of her family. To protect his son from temptations she overlooks the affair he is having with the maid. Young Dulski first wants to marry the girl, but then yields to his mother demands and turns his interest to a cousin. Everything returns to normal: his father has his habitaul visits to a brothel, his son to a cabaret and Madame Dulska safeguards her reign.

The last of the four theatrically released episode compilations of the TV series, featuring episodes 7 and 8.

In the last days of WW2, Polish military looks for the murderer of prosecutor responsible for storing Gestapo files.