Marek Bukowski

It is a tragicomedy, set against the background of Poland's recent history: the 70s, strikes and forming of Solidarity in 1980, The Martial Law, Chernobyl, the fall of communism. Marek, the main protagonist of "Success..." was born in a small town in 1968. As a kid he chose two - completely different - mentors, whom he addresses directly: The Lord and... Indian chief Winnetou. (dystrybucja.tvp.pl)

Stanislaw Marusarz, a well-known Polish jumper, including: the 1938 world vice-champion in Lahti, four-time Olympian, seven-time participant in the ski world championships, as well as a second lieutenant of the Home Army, a Tatra courier. From the first months of the occupation, he was active in the underground as a courier of the Underground State to Hungary. In 1940, he jumped from the second floor and escaped from the Gestapo prison in Krakow.

Pre-war, elegant Warsaw, the Olympic arena in Amsterdam and the wilderness of eastern Poland. Konopacka crossed it in September 1939 as one of the drivers of the convoy evacuating the reserves of the Bank of Poland, led by her husband, Colonel Ignacy Matuszewski. The action takes place on two time planes: the dramatic evacuation of the Bank of Poland's reserves is complemented by flashbacks, which present the most important events in the life of the main character.

The background of the story presented in the film are the events that took place on May 3, 1982 in the streets of Warsaw, Poland. On that day, the militia and ZOMO brutally pacified the largest demonstration since the introduction of martial law.