The series presents an original, non-didactic view of rural Poland during the Nazi occupation, rejecting stereotypes about ubiquitous wartime heroism, sacrifice, and martyrdom. It is a record of a "war-torn" state of consciousness, a drama of lost people who sink into ever greater degradation.
Key credits listed on this page include Ryszard Ber, Wiesław Myśliwski, Marian Glinka, Stanisław Michalski, Stanisław Górka, Henryk Bista, Jarosław Kopaczewski, and Jerzy Turek.