Medaliony
Synopsis
A film adaptation of a series of short stories by Zofia Nalkowska, describing the fate of people who survived Nazi persecution. The stories report the events with calm and restraint. Nalkowska collected material for the series while working at the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland.
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