On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.
During the Cold War, a local Polish officer and a young Soviet woman wedded to a Soviet officer are drawn together by music.
When a group of bandits accidentally kill a boy in a club, his father and sister try to find the guilty and bring them justice.
