简介：In1978,AndrzejWajdaexhibitedattheStaryTheaterinKrakow-ontheoccasionofthe60thanniversaryofregainingindependence-aseven-hourspectacle-river,basedonworksbyYoungPolandandinter-warwriters.ThescriptcombinesfragmentsoftextsbyMichałBałucki,GabrielaZapolska,JanAugustKisielewski,ZygmuntKawecki,StanisławPrzybyszewski,TadeuszBoy-Żeleński,MariaDąbrowskaandJuliuszKadena-Bandrowski. ThesuccessoftheplaypromptedAndrzejWajdatotransferhertothescreen.Asaresult,an8-episodesagaoftwomiddle-classCracovianfamilies-ChomińskiandDulski-wascreatedagainstthebackgroundofPolishhistoryunderAustrianannexation,itscustomsandculture,from1874throughtheturbulentbeginningofthe20thcenturyuntil1914,justbeforetheoutbreakofWorldWarI...…