Hanna Krall

Another Holocaust film - or is it? A young painter and his wife are dying to have a baby. One of them is infertile. In the meantime the war breaks out and Regina, a Jewish widow, enters their house...

A short working day for sure: the main character is unable to complete his regular hours. A local party secretary has to face a mob of strikers protesting hefty increases in food prices by the central government. The embattled secretary decides at first to stick it out at the party's office instead of making the recommended hasty escape.