Collection
1944
A series of television films that share a common time of action - 1944 - the moment of liberation of Poland from Nazi occupation by Polish and Soviet troops. The film is a record of dilemmas, difficult decisions and the encounters of many people with the new authorities that they found impossible to accept.
Timeline
- 1Edward and Stefan7/8/19841h 8m 0.0
Summer 1944. Polish armed forces are being organized in the Lublin region. Edward, one of the generals of the First Army, receives an order to form an artillery division. He counts on the help of Stefan, his old friend who lives in Lublin. However, it turns out that Stefan - a colonel and commander of the Home Army during the occupation - was arrested...
- 2Michał7/22/19841h 15m 0.0
Michał is among the soldiers quartered in a village near Lublin. By accident, he goes to the palace and visits the magnificent building, where he meets a widow Maria. Meanwhile, local peasants do not want to wait for the start of land reform. They appoint their own committee and want to deal with the division of property themselves.
- 3Marta8/5/19841h 18m 0.0
Marta comes to Lublin as a captain of the Polish Army. She is looking for information about her son - Stefan, whom she last saw years ago, when she went with her husband to fighting Spain.
- 4Jan8/19/19841h 24m 0.0
The writer Jan Kellert - the author of the widely known book "The Legend of the Vistula", which is part of the canon of pre-war middle school reading, comes from Lublin to Żmurki, where he spent the occupation. The division of the Żmurki estate is to take place the next day. The welcome dinner becomes an opportunity to exchange political views and a critical view of the manor's inhabitants on the current situation.
- 5Bohun and Kmicic8/26/19841h 11m 0.0
A unit of the People's Army celebrates the moment of liberation of the country. They remember the times of occupation, the actions they took, and their fallen colleagues.