Włodzimierz Maciudziński

A young landowner, fascinated by billiard, falls into the trap of gambling

La vie de Filip va soudain basculer le jour ou il fait l'acquisition d'une caméra d'amateur. Sa nouvelle passion va lui ouvrir les portes du monde qu'il arpente avec curiosité et créativité, muni de son troisième œil. Mais comme tout véritable artiste, il va devoir payer cher ce désir de vie intense...

14-year-old Krzyś lives with his parents in a poor district of a big city. The boy does not find warmth and love at home. A tyrannical father and a submissive mother who takes his side cannot understand their child.

Set at the end of the XIX-th century. Madame Dulska is the sole and absolute ruler of her house in Cracow. She is ruthless, greedy and oversensitive of the reputation of her family. To protect his son from temptations she overlooks the affair he is having with the maid. Young Dulski first wants to marry the girl, but then yields to his mother demands and turns his interest to a cousin. Everything returns to normal: his father has his habitaul visits to a brothel, his son to a cabaret and Madame Dulska safeguards her reign.

A man has a mysterious power which causes the death of each person he condemns.

Told in flashback as Mieszko lies feverish in his bed just before the Battle of Cedynia, Gniazdo recounts how the revered leader extended Poland's borders, formed an alliance with Emperor Otto I, and ultimately strengthened his country's autonomy by achieving victory during that crucial battle in the year 972.