Warsaw residents Ola and Jan experience one of the most important battles in world history. The Battle for Independence halted the Red Army’s march on Europe in the aftermath of WW1, forcing Lenin and Trotsky to resign from lighting the ‘flame of the world revolution’.

However, it is not the historical figures, apart from Pilsudski, who will play a decisive role in this film. The entire burden of action and the involvement of the audience’s emotions falls on the shoulders of the two literary characters: Ola, a revue theatre actress and her recently married husband Jan, a communist-supporting idealist. The fighting lines will be shown by Jan’s fate. Ola will be a participant and witness of the emotions experienced by the residents of Warsaw.

The 1920 Battle of Warsaw is the only battle fought and won by the Poles, unassisted by others, since the 17th century.