The story begins immediately before
World War II and centers on Pawel (
Tadeusz Janczar), a member of a conservative, bourgeois family, and his love for the thoroughly jaded Lidka (
Maria Wachowiak), a dancer. The mismatched pair finds momentary happiness during a trip to the countryside, however social conventions and the lovers' inability to defy them force Pawel and Lidka to part. The times change, war breaks out and ends; Pawel suffers at
Auschwitz concentration camp and Lidka marries his cousin. Years later the two rediscover each other much changed, and find that they may still have the capacity for love. ==Cast==