讲述卡罗尔、莫里斯和马科斯三个好朋友办工厂梦的过程,真实冷静的展示了波兰资本主义初期残酷的社会画卷。
在被德国占领的波兰,年轻一代长大了。Stach就是其中一个,他和朋友们起初只是自发地从事危险的抵抗活动,总的来说是无组织无目的。后来在一个慈祥的共产党干部的带领下,他接触到了地下组织。当看到那个勇敢美丽的青年领袖Dorota时,他就加入了进去并与Dorota坠入爱河。接着Stach就投入反抗压迫和屈辱的危险活动中,直到要对其他人的生命负责时他就变成熟了。不幸的是Dorota被逮捕,Stach悲痛欲绝。与此同时,地下抵抗组织招募了新成员,新的一代正在成长。
Takes place in a prewar Poland. A tubercular young man comes to stay with his brother on a farm. He is in love with life and constantly plays 1930's music on a piano. He gets involved with his brother's problems and also becomes the lover of a simpleminded farm girl. The brother's dead wife may have had an affair with the hired man who is to marry the farm girl. His daughter wi...