A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He meets with other Poles confined in the same camp, including several women, in whose he had romantic interests.
本片根据波兰著名同名小说改编，讲述了二战期间，华沙被纳粹德国军队占领，波兰童子军的年轻人们与德国占领者进行英勇斗争的故事。
Based on a well-known Polish novel with the same title the movie re-tells a true life story of a group of scouts called ''Szare Szeregi'' (Gray Ranks) during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw and the liberation of one of its members (imprisoned and tortured by the Germans) through a maverick military action in board dayl...
文卡尔是华沙电视台的编导，由于格丹斯克造船厂正在爆发激烈的罢工事件，因此电视台派他前去采访。当文卡尔乘车来到事发地，却发现已有司机接站，并且后续的接待都很周到。但是，当他见到傲慢的**官员巴迪后，才发现自己成了资方与当局勾结的牺牲品。后者企图通过媒体混淆视听。而文卡尔的任务是冒充劳方的同情者，混入罢工委员会。
违心做了卧底的文卡尔，深入接触了罢工运动领导者托姆楚克，并在调查中发现了其父劳动模范比尔库克的死亡悬案。此外，文卡尔还遇到了并肩作战的情侣，丧父而坚持信仰的旗手，甚至还有临时起意的叛徒，在复杂的心理搏杀中，他的良知与专业精神，使他逐渐对劳方产生了怜悯与同情，然而事情远比预想复杂得多……
本片获第34届戛纳电影节最佳影片金棕榈奖。
