
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.

Edward Dziewoński
Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Józef Nowak
Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")

Barbara Połomska
Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Ignacy Machowski
Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Leon Niemczyk
Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Kazimierz Opaliński
Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Zofia Czerwińska
Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Jerzy Felczyński
Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Roman Hubczenko
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Zygmunt Listkiewicz
(segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Eleonora Lorentz
Old Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")

Bogdan Baer
Hungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"

Men Behind the Sun
Men Behind the Sun

Tobruk
Tobruk

The Silent Enemy
The Silent Enemy

Secrets of War
Secrets of War

Hell Squad
Hell Squad

Kabei: Our Mother
Kabei: Our Mother

Wyklęty
Wyklęty

Story of Annette Zelman
Story of Annette Zelman

Underground
Underground

Back Home
Back Home

Suzanne
Suzanne

Devils on the Doorstep
Devils on the Doorstep