Pawlak and Kargul – the protagonists of the cult-favourite trilogy “Our Folks” – had been neighbours in a village in Podolia before they ended up in the Recovered Territories. Even then, it was one explosive neighbourhood.

Our Folks: The Beginning

Pre-war, elegant Warsaw, the Olympic arena in Amsterdam and the wilderness of eastern Poland. Konopacka crossed it in September 1939 as one of the drivers of the convoy evacuating the reserves of the Bank of Poland, led by her husband, Colonel Ignacy Matuszewski. The action takes place on two time planes: the dramatic evacuation of the Bank of Poland's reserves is complemented by flashbacks, which present the most important events in the life of the main character.