Set in the industrial city of Lodz, the film tells a story of a Pole, a Jew and a German struggling to build a factory in the raw world of 19th century capitalism.

‘Ziemia obiecana’ was the nickname of the city of Łódź , given by immigrants arriving in the industrial centre, searching for the

prosperity promised by rapid modernization.

The decisive action of the film begins when three dispossessed but industrious men: a Pole, Jew, and German set out to build their own factory. As one of them says, “I have nothing, you have nothing, he has nothing: this means we have enough to start a

factory.” But complicated relations in the world of manufacturers and Karol’s dangerous affair can destroy visionary plans.