In 1668 Polish colonel Michael Wolodyjowski, who recently retired to a monastery, is recalled to active duty and takes charge of Poland’s eastern frontier defenses against invading Tatar hordes and…

The movie consists of two satirical novel based on the same idea: both the “gangsters” and “philanthropists” end up in the courtroom.

Stach is a wayward teen living in squalor on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer, he is introduced to the underground resistance—and to the beautiful…