I wasn't thrilled with this film, but still I think it's interesting and worth watching. I watched it because I read that it was based on a true story. I was intrigued by this, and more from a psychological than historical point of view. The film is the story of a Home Army soldier (Jerzy Radziwillowicz) who was sentenced to death during Stalinism and spent several years hiding in the basement of his former love (Krystyna Janda). I wondered what could keep a person alive under such circumstances, because unlike when serving a prison sentence, he cannot say whether he will ever come out of that basement again. This thread was so engrossing to me that it kept me interested until the end of the movie. It was also encouraging for me that even in the worst circumstances people are able to have hope and, like the doctor played by Andrzej Lapicki, are able to maintain human decency. I also liked the acting of the two main actors, and it was nice to see Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwillowicz in a duet again (they played together in the cult "Man of Marble" and "Man of Iron" by Andrzej Wajda). The film was made in the declining period of the Polish People's Republic, and I could see that even then one could see some truth about the dark times of Stalinism in Poland.
