The series presents an original, non-didactic view of rural Poland during the Nazi occupation, rejecting stereotypes about ubiquitous wartime heroism, sacrifice, and martyrdom. It is a record of a "war-torn" state of consciousness, a drama of lost people who sink into ever greater degradation.
Józuś Garstka
Zośka Koczarkówna
Koczarkowa
Jasiek
Półpanek
Franek Nozder
Leonka
Matus Płonka
Bator
Kruszyna
Mikośka
Waluś
Dobrowolska
Wykukal
Puszkar
Pałszko
Nakopalec
Kuwak