Włodzimierz Puchalski

The film was shot during the mating and breeding season in the Narew River floodplains. The author observes the lives and habits of various animal and plant species. He is particularly interested in the courtship displays of the ruffs, birds known as "winged knights."

First film by Włodzimierz Puchalski, that headstarted his career as a nature filmmaker. His photo album came out under the same name in 1951.

In 1978 Włodzimierz Puchalski sets off for Antarctica to fulfil his dream. The structural axis of the film is Puchalski's sea voyage to Antarctica, which was aborted by his death on 19 January 1979 on King George Island. It is interwoven with Puchalski's relationship with his daughter.