The residents of an apartment complex in World War 2 Poland face a moral dilemma when they discover one of their neighbours is hiding a Jew.

A woman desperate to improve her social standing goads her husband into buying pajamas - a symbol of high status.

A young attractive widow has a one-night stand with a handsome architect. The couple soon starts a tumultuous relationship.

Based on a true outbreak of smallpox in Wroclaw. A young doctor picks up a girl and they go to bed, but the night is ruined by the doctor being called to the epidemic. The doctor has to leave, and when it is all over, runs into her with another man.

After her husband's death Stefania learns that her respected spouse, who was a university professor, had a flat of his own where he lead a second life.