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Katastrofa w Gibraltarze (1983)
Character: Józef W. Stalin
A fictionalized documentary about the life of General Władysław Sikorski from the beginning of World War II until his tragic death in a plane crash. The action begins with the evacuation of the Polish government and general staff to Romania, showing their further fate in France and then in London.
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Okrągły tydzień (1977)
Character: King (voice) (uncredited)
Gustlik learns the magical world of Silesian legends listening to his grandfather's stories.
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Jeszcze tylko ten las (1992)
Character: German Soldier Hans
The laundress working at the doctor's house agrees to take her daughter out of the ghetto for a fee and get her settled with her family in the countryside. The old woman's attitude to the Jews is ambivalent but the action is unambiguous.
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Ambulans (1961)
Character: Watchman (uncredited)
In this haunting short fiction film, a group of Jewish children and their teacher are herded into an ambulance by Nazis; the vehicle, ordinarily representing comfort and safety, becomes the group’s death chamber. Morgenstern’s presentation of the incident serves as a metaphor for the horror of the Holocaust, and provides a powerful trigger for discussion of the disturbing issues raised by the film. The figure of the children's’ teacher specifically parallels Janusz Korcak (1879-1942), a famous Jewish educator who ran an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto and died with his young charges at Treblinka.
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Pogrzeb kartofla (1990)
Character: Mazurek
Set in 1946, the film tells a story of a Polish villager returning home after years in a concentration camp. Mateusz is an old-timer, a saddler, who finds nothing but hostility when he makes it home after years away. He is not a Jew, though the villagers brand him one and give him a hard time. They feel guilty about the death of his son at the end of the war, and don't want the father around. In the background: beginnings of the Communist regime in Poland.
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Banda (1965)
Character: Staszek Magiera (voice) (uncredited)
A group of juvenile delinquents working in a shipyard try to clear themselves of a false accusation.
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"Yokmok" (1963)
Character: Telegrapher
Former Master Mariner Klimecki works an unassuming job in a small port near the Baltic Sea, hiding his identity from the world, which makes him suspicious in the eyes of the local government.
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Miasteczko (1960)
Character: Elegant
A young couple wants to break free of the antagonistic nature of their home village.
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Komedianty (1962)
Character: Actor (uncredited)
Two travelling actors break from their troupe and with help of friends and family start their own act, experiencing serious success.
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Gdzie woda czysta i trawa zielona (1977)
Character: Nizioł
The young Kuriata takes the position of the secretary of the City Committee in Grodów, where a corrupt clique ruled for many years. Kuriata begins to introduce competent people to managerial functions, which is enthusiastically received by workers who want changes for the better.
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Płomienie (1977)
Character: N/A
Presenting a different approach to life, the three brothers meet at their father's funeral.
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Pięciu (1964)
Character: Rysiek
Historical panorama of the history of Silesia, from the period of the uprisings to the present day, shown through the fate of five miners. Confrontation of attitudes in the face of danger during a disaster at a mine.
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Romantyczni (1970)
Character: Gendarme
An intimate psychological drama: the story of two brothers who, in the winter of 1848, waited for the opportunity to enter General Bem's troops in Hungary and experience emotional conflicts in a noble manor, which lead to a fundamental confrontation of attitudes and characters.
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Skarga (1991)
Character: N/A
A teenager gets killed on his way to school during the tragic events of December 1970 on the Polish coast. The boy's parents launch a crusade to bury their son despite the refusal from the communist authorities.
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Obok prawdy (1965)
Character: Józef Sieczka (voice) (uncredited)
After a disaster in the mine, Łopot, a technician, protects the perpetrator. He soon faces a moral dilemma.
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Troje i las (1963)
Character: Maniek Sawicki
A gamekeeper kills the deer against hunting regulations. The witness of the incident begins to blackmail him.
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Na krawędzi (1973)
Character: Counterintelligence Colonel / CIA Employee #1 (voice)
A Polish counterintelligence officer infiltrates a spy network in Munich.
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Zawsze w niedziele (1966)
Character: Waldek ("Second Sunday")
Three short stories depicting the adventures of athletes from various disciplines. Reserve goalkeeper Antoni gets a chance to play in a match as a substitute for his sick teammate. Hanka and Piotr, although they are in love with each other, only meet at competitions. Adam is the first to arrive in the town where the finish line of a cycling race is located. The residents celebrate his victory.
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Republika nadziei (1988)
Character: German colonel
The image of Greater Poland in the breakthrough years 1913-1918. It tells about the fate of Polish junior high school students and their attitude towards the Prussian partitioning authorities, activity in the independence underground, and participation in the preparations for the Greater Poland Uprising.
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Tylko umarły odpowie (1969)
Character: Sgt. Franciszek Kłosek
Police captain Wójcik conducts an investigation into the murder of a cashier from a state-owned enterprise. Despite seemingly numerous leads, the investigation gets stuck in a dead end – the victim had no enemies and nothing was stolen. Despite closing the case Wójcik feels that the key to solving the mystery is the murdered cashier and his past. Exploring this plot, he discovers a full-fledged spy affair, however, trying to catch the real murderer, he’ll have to risk his life, health and career.
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Janka - Orły i Wilki (1993)
Character: Zygmunt Nowak
A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The first of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
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Janka - Spełnione marzenie (1993)
Character: Zygmunt Nowak
A young Janka leads a band of kids in 1920's Poland, experiencing many adventures and witnessing technological innnovations along the way. The second of two theatrical films edited out of the original TV series.
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Polonia Restituta (1981)
Character: dubbing roli granej przez Andro Kobaladze
A two-part historical film covering the years of the First World War and the post-war period up to 1919 - until the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles near Paris. An attempt to show the great and complicated process of regaining an independent existence by a nation within its own state. The screen shows characters from history textbooks: Józef Piłsudski, Ignacy Paderewski, Roman Dmowski, Wojciech Korfanty as well as representatives of the world political scene, incl. David Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Vladimir Lenin and others.
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Drugi brzeg (1962)
Character: Polish Soldier (uncredited)
A Polish communist in prison breaks out at the start of the war, fight against the Germans and tries to find out who put him behind bars.
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Brzydkie kaczątko (1974)
Character: HR Employee (voice) (uncredited)
A reimagination of the classic fairy tale into the reality of 1970's Poland.
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Diabeł (1988)
Character: wieśniak Józef
The hard-working son of a dying country woman hires a stranger to take care of his mother.
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Tu stoję... (1994)
Character: członek Stowarzyszenia Wspierania Porządku Publicznego
A journalist from "Gazeta Wyborcza" recalls his investigative reports and the consequences he suffered while trying to reveal the truth.
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Pogotowie przyjedzie (1983)
Character: Maciek (voice) (uncredited)
After being transferred to a new position, the young doctor becomes the target of harassment by her colleagues.
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Na własną prośbę (1980)
Character: KW Secretary
The story is of an engineer in conflict with his superior. He won't go along with the ususal corruption and conformity. He is left to himself amid indifference and ineptitude by his fellow workers and the management.
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Około północy (1983)
Character: Karol Nowak
A man has a mysterious power which causes the death of each person he condemns.
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Hasło (1977)
Character: Lumberjack
Michał Kopera has an accident at work. His relatives visiting him at the hospital are more interested in his account than in his health.
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Kanalia (1992)
Character: Caretaker
A Russian investigator is demoted after a young PPS militia escapes from Poland and vows revenge.
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Rodzina Leśniewskich (1983)
Character: Mister Kowalski
Children of the Leśniewski family decide to help their mother in daily chores so she can have more time for herself.
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Czerwone ciernie (1977)
Character: Hunter
A descendant of a noble family takes the side of the proletariat, fighting against the mistreatment of factory owners and the oppresion from the Tsar during the 1905 revolution.
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Powrót do Polski (1988)
Character: General Von Block und Polach
Ignacy Jan Paderewski returns to Poland. A journalist who is supposed to describe his arrival is called to the editorial office.
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Marsjanie (1967)
Character: Prince T.
Newcomers from a foreign planet cannot find themselves in the earthly realities.
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Pogrzeb świerszcza (1978)
Character: Broniewicz
Seven-year-old Marek - a lonely boy, lost, desperately seeking warmth and love. His parents are two young scientists, completely devoted to their careers. She is just finishing her doctoral thesis, he is sketching new projects to promote him. They apply rigor and ruthless discipline to the child. No bond connects them with a child. They do not try to understand his needs, have no idea about his dreams, problems. Marek falls into severe depression. In the doctor's office, Marek notices a cat. He is awakened by the overwhelming desire to have his own pet - a longed-for friend. Of course, the parents do not even want to hear about it. Marek secretly, for buying pocket money, he buys a cricket - a creature that is small enough to hide from the eyes of his parents.
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Nicponie (1974)
Character: Train Conductor (voice) (uncredited)
Jolka and the boys from the yard accompanying her meet a retired professor who pays for the glass which they broke.
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Wedle wyroków twoich... (1984)
Character: żandarm na stacji
As the Germans invade Poland Jewish Ruth and her mother are trapped by the oncoming Nazis. When they are loaded onto a truck for transportation to a ghetto, Ruth is told by her mother to jump from the truck at the first chance and to make her way to relatives in Warsaw. While the war progresses Ruth tries to survive and grow up.
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Ranny w lesie (1964)
Character: Lumberjack (uncredited)
While hiding from the Germans in the forest, young Polish corporal tries hard to fulfill his order to take care of a wounded lieutenant and wait for the doctor and transportation to come.
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Nie było słońca tej wiosny (1984)
Character: karczmarz Zygmunt Kramarz
A Jewish woman escaping from a transport helps a family poisoned by carbon monoxide. The young host decides to hide the girl.
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Zapalniczka (1970)
Character: Lieutenant Rybak
A young engineer borrows a suitcase from a friend, not knowing it countains ten thousand dollars inside. Soon after the friend dies in a car crash, and a lighter found at the scene might be key to solving the case.
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Profesor na drodze (1973)
Character: Antoni Pawlak
Many years after finishing their education, a colorful cast of characters decides to attend a night school to finally earn their high school diplomas.
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Dzieje mistrza Twardowskiego (1996)
Character: mieszczanin u Twardowskiego
On his way home, Mikołaj Twardowski is attacked by bandits. He calls on the devil for help, who rescues him from danger. The devil's intentions are not selfless. Twardowski signs a pact with Hell, unaware of what he is agreeing to. Eighteen years pass, and the devil appears at Mikołaj's house with the intention of taking his son away. The cautious Twardowski, just before his death, sends his son to a hermit, who advises him on how to steal the contract his father signed.
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Dzień oczyszczenia (1970)
Character: Herbert
The film is set in the summer of 1944. The Home Army branch operating in the Sądecki region is decimated by the Germans during an attempt to take over the drop of weapons and ammunition from England. About 20 soldiers break out of the encirclement, including the commander - Major "Dziadek" - and his deputy - Captain Stańczyk. Partisans are trying to get to the ruins of a nearby castle, where the last ammo crate is supposed to have landed.
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Album polski (1970)
Character: Bandit (uncredited)
University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.
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Westerplatte (1967)
Character: Telephone Central Operator (uncredited)
Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdańsk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig. Its crew consisted of one infantry company and a group of civilians, 182 people in total. It was the only Polish guard-post at the mouth of the Vistula River, with as little as five sentries, one field cannon, two anti-armour guns and four mortars. The first shots of World War II were fired there. This film tells the story of Westerplatte's courageous defenders.
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Wolne miasto (1958)
Character: German in a Pub (uncredited)
The heroic struggle of Polish post office workers in Gdańsk on the first day of World War II.
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Życie raz jeszcze (1965)
Character: NSZ Man beating Jakuszyn (uncredited)
Three idealists - a communist secretary, a former RAF pilot and a female political activist - need to face the hardships and accusations of postwar Stalinist years before being finally rehabilitated.
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Kamień na kamieniu (1995)
Character: Chmiel
A story about the fate of post-war Polish villages. Szymon Pietruszka's life is dominated by Michał, his older brother, who left for the city before the war. There, he became involved in the leftist movement. He returned to his home village after the war in a dignitary's car. Soon, however, he left again, only to reappear a few years later—this time penniless, mired in apathy, betrayed by his ideals. The only person who guesses Michał's secret is Szymon, who is also unable to break down the wall separating him from his brother.
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Podróż za jeden uśmiech (1972)
Character: Van Driver
Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a smile,” hitchhiking and using every transport they can find.
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Noce i dnie (1975)
Character: Roman Katelba
A family saga of Barbara Ostrzeńska-Niechcic and Bogumił Niechcic against the backdrop of the January Uprising of 1863 and World War I. The film is a rather straightforward and faithful adaptation of a novel by Maria Dabrowska with the same title. The plot is woven around the changing fortunes of a noble (upper-class) Niechcic family in the pre-WWI Poland. There are two main crossing threads: a social history one and an existential one.
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Znachor (1982)
Character: N/A
A famous surgeon is beaten by drunken bullies, loses his memory and cannot recollect who he was before. He gets to a village, lives in a not so well to do family and becomes the Quack - he slowly regains his talent for medicine and saves the lives of several village patients.
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Don Gabriel (1966)
Character: Sergeant
The first Polish film to discuss the failure of September 1939 Polish-German war, seen from the point of view of a university intellectual, fascinated by German culture, who decides to take active part in the conflict.
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Deborah (1995)
Character: Rotman
In a small Polish town in the summer of 1939, a married painter and a young Jewish woman begin an affair. Based on the novel by Marek Sołtysik.
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Komediantka (1987)
Character: Piotr Grzesikiewicz (uncredited)
A young woman runs away from her home to the big city, gets a job in theatre and gets involved with shady characters.
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Milczące ślady (1961)
Character: Soldier in Zimny's Quarters (uncredited)
A UB Captain tries to apprehend a band of former resistance fighters causing havoc to citizens, but they're always one step ahead of him.
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Placówka (1979)
Character: Fritz
The problem of the Polish population displacement from their land within the limits of the Prussian partition. Germans come to the village harassing a wealthy peasant Snail, leading to the tragedy. Slug's cottage burns, his wife dies. The peasant does not give up, defending his inheritance. He sticks on a patch of his Polish soil and protects it like a soldier his post.
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Wierna rzeka (1987)
Character: N/A
Set during the insurgency of 1863, the story focuses on a tragic romance between a poor gentlewoman and a rebel noble. After a bloody battle a unit of insurgents have been wiped out and only one survived, but badly wounded. He eventually finds shelter and care from a landsteward's daughter, hiding in a burned-out manor with an old servant.
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Złote koło (1971)
Character: Waiter
An unknown man brings a wounded boy from a hospital and prompty walks away. The boy soon dies and the militia captain Budny begins an investigation, leading him deep into a web of crime.
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Wahadełko (1981)
Character: Stalin
Michal Szmańda suffers from epilepsy, depression and other conditions. He is cared for by his sister Aniela. The only bright ray in her life is the "garden" arranged in the kitchen. They do not live with their mother. When they were children, and this was in Stalinist times, the mother was a labor leader. Possessed by the new ideology, she neglected the house and children. When little Michael was sent to a sanatorium, his mother did not visit him at Christmas. This caused trauma for the rest of his life.
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Dwie brygady (1950)
Character: Young Actor (uncredited)
A social drama that depicts a conflict between a young factory collective and a sympathetic but backward old specialist.
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Pasażerka (1963)
Character: Death Row Guard (uncredited)
A German woman on a ship returning to Europe notices a face of another woman which brings recollections from the past. She tells her husband that she had been an overseer in Auschwitz during the war, but she has actually saved a woman's life.
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Zróbmy sobie wnuka (2003)
Character: Antoni
To save the family land from a mysterious millionaire, a farmer hatches a plan to marry off his two children so they can take over the business.
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Rozmowy przy wycinaniu lasu (1999)
Character: Macuga
TV staging of Polish contemporary drama. Stanislaw Tym returned to the text, which is preceded by a special dedication: "To all the carps in Poland I dedicate - the author."
The story of lumberjacks leading a life in a forest glade gives the essence of both the reality in which the play was written and relates to today. Conversations about fish, this and that fill the time of the woodcutters, whose main occupation is waiting. Every day they wait for the Axe Man to come and distribute their work tools, only to collect them again after the day's work is done.
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Dziadek do orzechów (1967)
Character: Baker
On Christmas Eve, a little girl falls asleep after a party at her home and dreams herself (or does she?) into a fantastic world where toys become larger than life. Her beloved Nutcracker comes to life and defends her from the Mouse King, then is turned into a Prince after Marie saves his life.
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Rzeczpospolita babska (1969)
Character: Magda's Fiance
After the end of World War 2 a division of female soldiers settles down at Recovered Territories and make an oath to never enter into relationships with men, which may prove difficult, because male soldiers have also made their home nearby.
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Na wylot (1973)
Character: Sentence Reader (voice) (uncredited)
Jan and Maria become a couple in 1930s Kraków. Jan tries to get a job as an architect but fails. They struggle with poverty and extreme humiliation. Their attempt to survive leads to a desperate crime.
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Zmowa (1990)
Character: Koliba
Christmas Eve night of 1976. In a village in the newly formed Tarnobrzeg province, a local bus hits a young married couple and a twelve-year-old boy. In the presence of numerous witnesses, the victims are beaten to death with a wheel wrench. In the aftermath of this crime, all the villagers are united by a conspiracy of silence. The dramatic scenario is freely based on the authentic case of the shocking 1976 Polanieck case.
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Orzeł i reszka (1975)
Character: UB Officer in 1954 / Doctor (voice) (uncredited)
In spring of 1954, thanks to amnesty, Marcin Nowak - a political prisoner - get released from prison and tries turn his life back to normal
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Walet pikowy (1960)
Character: Man in the cinema (uncredited)
A reclusive lighthouse worker accepts the offer to swap jobs with a police inspector for a while, just to help him catch Teston, the so-called criminal of criminals.
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Spotkanie ze szpiegiem (1964)
Character: Chase Posse Chief (voice) (uncredited)
A thriller about Polish Intelligence Service working on detecting a net of foreign spies.
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Łabędzi śpiew (1988)
Character: Police officer
After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: “The Flame”. The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting him. Ewa goes to an audition which doesn’t turn out too well. On the next day, Stefan and his collaborators are wondering what to write a scenario about. Meanwhile, Stefan has a tooth ache. He decides to visit a dentist but is scared away by the price he has to pay for the treatment. Stefan still can’t find an idea for a scenario, and Ewa is not being cast. They decide to sell the car, but a man who takes their car out for a test drive doesn’t return. Stefan is changing ideas for the scenario constantly, he can’t make up his mind… at home, a pipe goes off… the wine he keeps in gallons blows up… the milicia (People’s Republic of Poland’s police) comes and general chaos ensues, as they are drowning in water and wine… which gives Stefan an idea…
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Soból i panna (1984)
Character: Leśniczy Czerwiński
A young landowner, Michal Rajecki, falls in love with a beautiful country girl, Warszulka, with reciprocity. During one of their trysts, Rajecki gives the girl hope for a future together. Eventually, however, he begins to realize that a misalliance would cost him too much. He follows his friend's advice and tells the girl to accept the proposal of the peasant who is trying to get her. When he begins to realize that he has made a mistake, it is too late.
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Hubal (1973)
Character: Gestapo Officer
Major Henryk "Hubal" Dobrzański refuses to surrender to the Germans in the wake of the 1939 campaign and continues to lead his regiment in guerilla warfare against the invaders.
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Słońce wschodzi raz na dzień (1972)
Character: Waliczek (uncredited)
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.
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Poznań 56 (1996)
Character: głos Darka (narratora-głównego bohatera) zza kadru
The film depicts the momentous and tragic history of the Poznan uprising of 1956. The memory of the director, who was a nine-year-old boy at the time, is the only canvass of the script. The main characters of the black-and-white film are two boys aged ten and twelve. From their perspective, the viewer follows the development of events. From the depths of the gates, through the rails of fences and cluttered backyards, through the eyes of the children we watch the street riots. The film, without action in the literal sense of the word, was made using a reportage technique that perfectly captures the spontaneity of the Poznan uprising. Among other things, the author of the picture depicts the adventures of a young worker Zenek, who becomes the unwitting leader of the protest, and five professors, who by chance find themselves in the very center of events.
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Aria dla atlety (1979)
Character: dubbing roli odgrywanej przez Czesława Magnowskiego
Set at the turn of the century it presents a story of a famous Polish athlete, Zbyszko Cyganiewicz. It begins in a small town where a traveling circus attracts a shy boy into a phony wrestling game to please the crowds. The youth, however, takes his strength seriously, eventually defeating a name wrestler in a fair match. Angered circus manager fires him; he leaves happily due to two wrestler brothers who were harassing him. The wrestler goes on to fame, performing in the world's top arenas, and one day is serenaded by a tenor from the crowd. Fame brings him women and admirers but he is uncompromising on his profession. He has his revenge on one of his tormentors defeating him in the ring. One day, attending a game in a tuxedo, he is challenged by another of the brothers and drawn into a brutal game, in course of which he kills his opponent. Thus his career ends.
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Limuzyna Daimler-Benz (1983)
Character: Counterintelligence Agent
Two brothers living in 1939 Poland decide on a whim to steal the limousine of a German consul. The seemingly small act of youthful rebellion will have massive ramifications on the two, each dealing with the aftermath in their own way - one resorts to art, the other to direct political action.
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Gdzie jest generał... (1964)
Character: Falkenberg's Assistant
Wacław Orzeszko is unlucky soldier, who one day decides to desert his platoon and hide out in a castle, where he meets a Red Army soldier Marusia. They discover that a German platoon is also hiding in a castle and together they must stop the Nazi soldiers from reuniting with the main army.
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Zazdrość i medycyna (1973)
Character: Izaak Gold
In 1930s, a doctor has an affair with the wife of a wealthy industrialist in Poland.
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Życie za życie. Maksymilian Kolbe (1991)
Character: sąsiad
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz.
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Gorzka miłość (1990)
Character: Wydra
Poland, 1945. Crowds of repatriates are traveling from east to west in search of new homes and loved ones lost during the war. At one of the train stations, a young woman, Hanna Powiłańska, sits among the crowd of displaced persons. The girl recalls a story of turbulent love. Before the war, at a carnival ball, she met the handsome Lech Oleszkiewicz. In September, war broke out. Hanna meets the engineer again and spends the night with him. In the morning, the man tells her that he is married. Hanna breaks off the relationship.
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Chłopi (1973)
Character: Borowy
In a bucolic Polish hamlet, the tense relationship between a father and son reaches a boiling point when the men lose their hearts to the same woman and vie for her affections. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont's Nobel Prize-winning book and helmed by Jan Rybkowski, this theatrical release (starring Krzystof Chamiec, Wladyslaw Hancza and Emilia Krakowska) was culled from a 13-episode miniseries that aired on Polish television in 1972.
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Popioły (1965)
Character: Wyganowski's Soldier
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
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Walkower (1965)
Character: Man with a Motorcycle (voice) (uncredited)
An extraordinarily stylized tale of a prizefighter who ducks a fight to romance a beautiful blonde.
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Co dzień bliżej nieba (1984)
Character: N/A
After the death of his mother, fifteen-year-old Piotr goes to boarding school. He makes friends with Mirek there.
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Przemytnicy (1985)
Character: N/A
The 1920s, the southern border of Poland. Smuggler Józef Trofida is released from prison. From his friend Władek, he learns that he has lost his dominant position in the world of smuggling to the Alińczuk clan. To change this, Trofida organizes further expeditions, which multiply his wealth many times over. The next smuggling operation—exposed by Alińczuk—ends with Józef's death. Władek decides to take revenge on the hated clan.
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Ziemia obiecana (1975)
Character: Grosglück
In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
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Kawalerskie życie na obczyźnie (1993)
Character: Meister Schulz
The action is set in the early 20th century. The film is made up of six sequences. In the first, Michal, young man who came from Poland to Germany, enrolls in a course on how to behave in social situations and on etiquette. However when he tries to approach girls using the rules which he's been taught... he only makes a fool of himself. Then, he goes to work for a man who owns a carousel and who loves to chase other women. In the next sequence, Michal meets the divorced landlady, Mrs. Luther, and goes through a whole lot of erotic experiences. When he escapes exhausted from his landlady, he starts working in a mine and visits brothels on a regular basis. He looks on women in a totally cynical manner. However, his persistent wandering must finally result in a true love.
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