
In1908,ayoungmemberofthePolishSocialistPartyistoexecuteafamouswriteraccusedofcollaboratingwiththetsaristpolice.HecomestoCracowandanalyzesthewriter'strial.Hehasdoubtsabouttheguiltofthefuturevictimandhisownroleinthewholeprocess.<br/> "White"isthepseudonymofPawelSwietorzecki(MichalBajor),ayoungmemberofthePolishSocialistParty.Theactionofthefilmtakesplaceafterthe1905revolutionintheKingdomofPolandwassuppressed.TheboyexecutesthesentencesofasecretpoliticalunitandhasanaffairwithEwa(KrystynaJanda),thewifeofalawyerworkingintheunderground."White"killsanofficerofthetsaristpoliceandisarrested.Unexpectedly,afterbeingquestionedbyaninvestigator(GustawHoloubek),heisreleased.Heisorderedtoexecute“Korab”(JerzyRadziwillowicz),awriteraccusedofcollaboratingwiththeOkhrana."White"goestoCracowtoanalyzethewriter'strialincourt.Hehasdoubtsabouttheguiltofthefuturevictimandhisownroleinthewholeprocess.Heguessesthat"Korab"criticizednobleandromanticPoland.What’smore,duringthetrial,“White”seestheinvestigatorwhoreleasedhimfromcustody.Afterthetrial,"Korab’s"healthconditiondeterioratesandhegetspermissiontoleavethecountry.HegoestoItalytogetherwithhiswifeandchild."White"followshim.Atthetimeoftheexecution,"Korab"welcomeshimwiththefollowingwords,"You’refromPoland".“White’s”doubtsaremoreimportantthanobediencetotheorganization."White"doesnotkill"Korab",however,hewillbecomeavictimofhisownorganizationsoon.Fictionalcharactersandeventsoverlapwithtruefacts."Korab"isStanislawBrzozowski(1878-1911),aphilosopherandliterarycriticoftheYoungPoland.In1908,hewasaccusedofcollaboratingwiththetsaristpolice,butthecaseremainedunresolved.HediedanaturaldeathinFlorence.EdwardZebrowskiwrotethescreenplaytogetherwithWladyslawTerlecki.Itwasbasedonthelatter’snovel"Zwierzetazostalyopłacone"(1980).Thefilmispartofaseriesofpoliticalterrordramasthatwerecreatedduringthepoliticalfrenzyofthelate1970sand1980s.Otherexamplesoftheseriesare:EdwardZebrowski's"Passion"(1977),alsobasedonTerlecki’snovel,"Fever"(1980)byAgnieszkaHollandand"TheDeathSentence"(1980)byWitoldOrzechowski.




