Tells two tales set during WWII: A seemingly feckless and selfish man finally takes up arms in the national struggle against the Nazis. Set in a POW camp, Polish inmates cling to their hopes for an eventual escape, encouraged by the legendary escape of one of their own.
as Dzidziuś Górkiewicz (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Lt. Kurzawa (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Zosia (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Major (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Polish Commandant (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Lula 'Jagódka' (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Old Woman (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Hungarian officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca"
as Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Polish Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Boy Scout (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Polish Soldier (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Hungarian Officer (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca")
as Lt. Turek (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Lt. Krygier (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Lt. Korwin Makowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Lt. Szpakowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Lt. Dabecki (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Lt. Zak (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Lt. Zawistowski (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
as Lt. Marianek (segment "Ostinato Lugubre")
