Set in the 1960s, in a small town in Poland. After the destruction of an old mill, an impersonated devil appears in its place. The local leader and priest try to make him go away by different ways.

A young man, attacked by thugs, seeks shelter in a random apartment block.

A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the war.

During the Napoleonic wars, a Spanish officer and an opposing officer find a book written by the former's grandfather.

A young couple decides to divorce.

Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.

Imperialist spies try to disrupt and stop production in a large steelworks.

A pleasant, open-faced young man comes to live in a boarding house with three peculiar women.

Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".