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Father Matthew, who runs a small parish and turns into a detective by night.

Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the 19th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.

A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to start a new life in picturesque town in south-east Poland - Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to investigate a strange and mysterious murder case. Alienated in provincial reality he struggles to find a killer, when he stumbles upon more victims. While the investigation continues he realizes that all murders are connected to alleged historical Jewish ritual killings. Those murders prompt a wave of anti-Semitic hysteria in the town. In his investigation Szacki must wrestle with the painful tangle of Polish - Jewish relations and real findings of his work - that roots of some legends are fantasy, not a grain of truth...

Set in 1936 in Poland. Zygfryd, a handsome, orphaned young circus acrobat with an introspective temperament, is under the protection of circus owner, Waldo, and his wife. A rich intellectual recluse, patron of the arts (and of young artists) stumbles into Zygfryd's heart- stopping act and offers him his friendship. He also opens up his cultural horizons and teaches him to consciously reflect on life. It all ends in tragedy, when the boy finds that the circus life is no longer enough and falls during his act.

The 12 year old driving enthusiast Gabriel is frustrated with his grandparents and decides to go across Poland with a comrade to find the father who left him as young. A subtle, cheerful, and touching story of friendship and love.

An alchemist, Sendivius, comes to court, and transmutes base metal into gold.

A young energetic activist becomes the secretary of a local town committee and surrounds himself with a group of competent managers. However, the corrupt bunch of his predecessor is trying hard to take the young man down.

A look at the lives of people who work on the barges and boats flowing across the Vistula River.