A mysterious Mania appears in Warsaw. The girl, together with the other children, experiences amazing adventures.

The strain of German persecution causes a mental breakdown in a young Jew, which prompts his wife to take desperate measures.

A young boy tries to earn the friendship of his new classmates, notorious bullies, which leads to tragic consequences.

1945. A packed ferry drifts down the Vistula after its tow rope snaps. Only a single militiaman sees notices the ferry and organizes a rescue before the it drifts into the Gdańsk Bay, which is still full of mines.

Adventures of a three good friends during school summer vacation.

Three Polish resistance fighters hide in an old castle inhabitated by an old baroness and her relatives.

Based upon a true story, the movie centers on the German communist Robert, a "Kapo" in a concentration camp. When some Polish children are brought to the camp, Robert tries to save them from certain death. Due to his efforts they are being trained as masons and become part of his construction gang. Nevertheless, the boys, and mainly the clever Janusz, are very suspicious of Robert. They have already experienced too much evil and do not want to trust anybody – least of all a German.