Warschau, zomer 1944. Stefan zorgt voor zijn moeder en zijn jongere broertje omdat zijn vader, een officier in het Poolse leger, is omgekomen tijdens de invasie van Polen in 1939. Hij heeft zijn moeder beloofd zich niet in de strijd te mengen maar ondertussen droomt hij ervan om zijn plicht te vervullen voor zijn vaderland. Uiteindelijk sluit hij zich toch aan bij het verzet. Samen met Kama, Góral, Rogal en Beksa vormt hij onder het commando van de charismatische Kobra een van de moedigste verzetslegers tijdens de Opstand van Warschau in 1944.
Verhaal over Poolse patriotten tijdens de 63 dagen lange opstand in Warschau tegen de Duitsers in 1944. In de laatste week besluiten de Duitsers alle vrijheidsstrijders die nog in leven zijn massaal te zoeken.
This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.
Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
A young Polish partisan flees from the Warsaw Uprising. Whilst hiding in the yard of a countryside manor, he is chased up a tree by a large wolfhound. With his rifle out of reach, there seems to be no way to escape his predicament.
This is the true story about a group of Romani's (gypsy) in occupied Poland during World War II as they confront the atrocities and tragedies of a forgotten holocaust.
The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film shot by Polish amateur filmmaker Alfons Ziółkowski in 1941.
This film tells the story of lieutenant Stefan Wyszynski (Ksawery Szlenkier) - the future Primate of Poland, unknown to a wider audience. It is 1944, in the heat of war, we meet a young priest Wyszynski, who has recently been appointed chaplain of the branch in the Kampinos Forest. It is also active in the insurgent hospital. Everyone knows him there under the pseudonym "Radwan III". The reality of the war is for Fr. Wyszynski, a forge of character, a fight for hope and love, especially against enemies. How are we to forgive in everyday warfare? The hero asks, turning to the Source of his vocation.