Warsaw after the fall of the Warsaw Uprising. The Germans expel the civilian population and then proceed to systematically destroy the city. The capital is transformed into a sea of rubble, among which a few survivors hide – modern-day Robinsons. One of them is Piotr Rafalski, who rescues Krystyna, a wounded Jewish woman. Three soldiers of the People's Army, cooperating with a Soviet telegraph operator, are also in the city.

August 1939. After publishing an article criticizing the government, a journalist has to hide from the authorities.

Young Frederic Chopin comes of age during a tumultous time in Polish history.

Engineer Andrzej Uriaszewicz returns to Poland in order to smuggle a valuable painting out of the country.

A series of misfortunes plagues a journalist and his new friend.

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

A juvenile delinquent becomes a model citizen thanks to the teaching of a gliding school.

Karwowski, son of a pre-war colonel, is transferred from the West to Poland with the task of assembling a spy and diversion network. The task seems to be easy. However, after landing in Poland, it turns out that nobody wants to cooperate with him. Karwowski's "100% reliable" contacts with potential collaborators turn out to be completely outdated.

Two-part biopic about General Karol Świerczewski, living embodiment of the party line, and the group of party members from his hometown fighting the fascist forces towards the socialist state of affairs.