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.
Cast & crew
Andrzej MunkDirector
Edward DziewońskiDzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Józef NowakLt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
Barbara PołomskaZosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Ignacy MachowskiMajor (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Leon NiemczykLt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Kazimierz OpalińskiPolish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Zofia CzerwińskaLula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
Jerzy FelczyńskiHungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
