Stanisław Różewicz

A story of the love affair between Janek Małodworny and Hanka, daughter of the kulak Nalepa. The two love each other, but their happiness is hampered by differences in possessions. To make matters worse, Małodworny is in favor of establishing a cooperative along Soviet lines, while old Nalepa is staunchly opposed.

A biology professor, Adam enters a hospital for observation. He is a loner and a serious-minded man, who dislikes any display of emotions. He spends three months in the hospital while being tested. After observing patients and hospital routines around him from a distance, he learns that he will need a kidney transplant. Meanwhile his personal and professional life is falling apart: he refuses his wife's offer to donate the kidney for him; the scientific problem he was working on has been solved elsewhere. In the end Adam cracks under the prolonged pressure, waiting for the sound of an ambulance bringing a moribund patient whose kidney may be used for the transplant.

A collection of intimate television short stories based on well-known literary works.

Five teenagers on the cusp of their final year in high school ponder about their futures.

An old worker secures the future of his steel mill during the war.

Two friends who used to study physics together are forced to make tough decisions as their lives take different paths.

Battered Warsaw is getting back to life after the WW2 destruction. The ruins of the Old Town become homes once again.

Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".