The role of former secret policemen in a new, democratic Poland beset by crime is the theme of this feature, which earned several prizes at the 1992 Gdynia Festival.
Franz Maurer (Boguslaw Linda) is a young, arrogant, but apparently efficient police officer, up before a screening commission. Franz is lucky, having been retained for service as a plain clothes man on the criminal squad, even though he and his friends are warned that they will work harder and
earn less than in the old days. Their first assignment is to arrest a suspected car smuggler, and under the command of a young, politically unsophisticated, and woefully inexperienced officer, everything goe...
Released:
1993
Rated:
NR
Length:
110 mins