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Synopsis
Three separate stories depicting the tense everyday life during occupation, as seen through the eyes of children. In “On the Road,” the two main protagonists are lost in the September’s strife: a young boy, and a soldier transporting the valueless documents of his broken unit. In “Letter from the Concentration Camp” the story’s protagonists are young boys who help their mother during the hardships of the occupation. Their treasure is an officer uniform belonging their father who is being held in a prisoner of war camp. In “Blood Drop,” the Germans find a set of typical Aryan characteristics in this story’s protagonist – a Jewish girl, hiding in an orphanage.
Henryk Hryniewicz
Cast
Wojciech Siemion
Cast
Edward Mincer
Cast
Andrzej Banaszewski
Cast
Pawel Rózewicz
Cast
Beata Barszczewska
Cast
Zofia Małynicz
Cast
Barbara Rachwalska
Cast
Mieczysław Stoor
Cast
Janusz Kłosiński
Cast
Stanisław Różewicz
Director
Tadeusz Różewicz
Writer
Stanisław Różewicz
Writer

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