A severely censored adaptation of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s prose. The available copy of the film is the third version of the directorial debut of Jan Rybkowski. The first version showing a love story during wartime had its premiere at the Festival in Venice in 1949. Before the film hit cinema screens in Poland it had two remakes. Numerous political and propaganda plots were included in the original screenplay, which completely changed the message it conveys.