Józef Karbowski

Antek is an inexperienced seaman favored by his teachers. On his first trip to the sea he learns the hardships of the work and almost causes a tragedy.

Bronka, Franka, Amelka and Kwiryna are four girls living in the same poor district of Warsaw and going to the same school. They all fight for a better future but what the future brings is usually disappointment, sometimes even tragedy.

Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".

1922 picture starring Franciszek Brodniewicz.