After the war, the community of mountaineers is eager to start their own sawmill. When the communist authorities come to take over the sawmill, a rebellion starts.

In the last few days of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II, a modest group of Resistance members remains. The band must take refuge in the sewers under the orders of leader Zadra, but it's only a matter of time before they will have to emerge. However, when they try, they are met only with intense hostility from the Nazis. Despite their attempts stay resolute through immense mental strain, it becomes increasingly apparent that they may be doomed.

A 10-year old boy becomes a king after the death of his father and tries to bring reforms to the country, with varying results

Police officers from the Warsaw Homicide Department are trying to arrest a dangerous Armenian criminal.

Three separate short stories about young athletes who lose their chances of success. Young swimmer - because of unhappy love. Boxer because of a fight with hooligans, for which the judges will disqualify him. But the cyclist must decide for himself what is more important for him: victory or friendship.

The twenty-one-minute-film is set in a men's public rest room and recounts the day to day existence of an elderly woman who serves as an attendant in the lavatory. As an endless procession of men pass before her, relieving themselves in the urinals, the attendant escapes her reality by daydreaming about the past and the soldier she once loved and the child she bore him.

Nikodem Dyzma is a poor dancer who comes to Warsaw to find a job. The problem is that nobody wants to hire him. One day he finds an invitation to the party with very important people and decides to attend. A small accident at the party makes him the hero of the night and becomes the beginning of his career.

A visit to Auschwitz changes the life of a young unambitious writer.

Marek is a promising athlete having his share of affairs with women. One day at masquerade ball he meets a an enigmatic Jowita and becomes obsessed with her, even when he finds seemingly true love in Agnieszka.

Adaptation of a short story by Michał Lermontow. Forces stationed in the Caucasus. Lieutenant Wulicz is a fatalist. He believes that everyone has a fate that cannot be avoided. To prove it, he puts a loaded pistol to his temple ... but it doesn't fire. Lieutenant Pechorin listens doubtfully to his colleague's arguments. Accompanied by a premonition, Wulicz will die soon. Will his premonitions prove to be prophetic?