Overview

In spring 1946, Warsaw historian Wojtek arrives in a Polish provincial town to study the Renaissance. He soon becomes entangled in the fierce postwar power struggle between the Soviet-backed People’s Government—nationalizing industry and land—and reactionary exiled forces waging “bandit terror,” from train robberies to political assassinations. As violence escalates, Wojtek shifts from observer to active defender of the new “people’s power.”

Genres

Cast

Otto Mellies

Wojtek

Herwart Grosse

Professor Ramuz

Wilfried Ortmann

Heidemarie Wenzel

Wera Paintner

Evamaria Bath

Erik S. Klein

Reinhard Michalke