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Janosik was a television series that aired in Poland in 1974. It is about a famous Polish highlander outlaw who in folk legends steals money and goods from the rich and helps out the poor. The series was directed by Jerzy Passendorfer. There are 13 1-hour episodes.
In the early 19th century, the legendary Tatra brigand Janosik defies the oppressive local nobility and Austrian troops by robbing the rich to give to the poor, becoming a folk hero among the peasants.
An alcoholic mother of a born out of wedlock child has a difficult decision to make when a journalist proposes to adopt her son and pay her for it.
A prosecutor takes up a post in a small town where he has to deal with corruption and murder.
Set in the occupied Warsaw, the film tells the story of the mission carried out by the student underground resistance group to execute the hated SS General Franz Kutchera.
Lieutenant Mosura fights the groups of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. Suddenly, he manages to capture and eliminate its commander. Several years passed. The lieutenant is accused of collaborating with the insurgents, because he took part in several terrorist operations in order to gain their trust.
Contemporary Poland. Teenager Zosia Zadora decides to start an adult life. She runs away from home, settles with two friends in the Tri-City. Here she experiences her first love. The sympathizer, twenty-year-old Kostek, turns out to be the head of a criminal group. Zosia's roommates are involved in the procedure. When Kostek is arrested, the girl, after some hesitation, becomes a prostitute. She tries to hide her profession from a young sailor she met, Stefan Janiak, with whom she began to have feelings. One day the man learns the truth.
Young man struggles with being rejected by society.
Jaruga, the chief of the local branch of Security Office leads a fight against a Home Army unit led by a man known as Boruta and begins to suspect that one of his men was planted by the insurgents. Another Security Office agent arrives to uncover the conspiracy and deal the final blow to Boruta.
Polish Army takes part in the Berlin Operation in the final weeks of World War 2.