TheDollisanadaptationofthenovel,TheDoll(novel)byBolesławPrus,whichisregardedbymanyasoneofthefinestPolishnovelseverwrittenand,alongwithPharaoh(novel),madeBolesławPrusapotentialcandidatefortheNobelPrizeinliterature.TheinfluenceofÉmileZolaisevident,andsomehavecomparedthenoveltoMadameBovarybyGustaveFlaubert;bothwerePrus'scontemporaries.Themovie,however,maybemorecomparedtoStendhal'sLeRougeetleNoir,(TheRedandtheBlack)bbb　　TheDollconstitutesapanoramaoflifeinWarsawbetween1878and1879,andatthesametimeisasubtlestoryofthreegenerationsofPolishidealists,theirpsychologicalcomplications,theirinvolvementinthehistoryofthenineteenthcentury,socialdramas,moralproblemsandtheexperienceoftragicexistence.Atthesametimethisstorydescribesthedisintegrationofsocialrelationshipsandthegrowingseparationofasocietywhosearistocraticelitespreadsthemodelsofvanityandidleness.Inthebadairofabackwardcountry,anti-Semiticideasareborn,valuableindividualsmeetobstaclesontheirway,andscoundrelsaresuccessful.　　Thispoeticlovestoryfollowsanouveaurichemerchant,StanislawWokulski,throughaseriesoftrialsandtribulationsoccasionedbyhisobsessivepassionforanaristocraticbeauty,IzabelaLecka,playedbythefamousPolishactress,BeataTyszkiewicz.　　Plot:　　AsadescendantofanimpoverishedPolishnoblefamily,youngWokulskiisforcedtoworkasawaiteratHopfer's,aWarsawrestaurant,whiledreamingofalifeinscience.Aftertakingpartinthefailed1863UprisingagainstTsaristRussia,heissentencedtoexileinSiberia.OneventualreturntoWarsaw,hebecomesasalesmanatMincel'shaberdashery.Marryingthelateowner'swidow(whoeventuallydies),hecomesintomoneyandusesittosetupapartnershipwithaRussianmerchanthehadmetwhileinexile.ThetwomerchantsgotoBulgariaduringtheRusso-TurkishWarof1877-78,andWokulskimakesafortunesupplyingtheRussianArmy.TheenterprisingWokulskinowprovesaromanticatheart,fallinginlovewithIzabela,daughterofthevacuous,bankruptaristocrat,TomaszŁęcki.InhisquesttowinIzabela,Wokulskibeginsfrequentingtheatresandaristocraticsalons;andtohelpherfinanciallydistressedfather,foundsacompanyandsetsthearistocratsupasshareholdersinhisbusiness.Theindolenceofthesearistocrats,whosecurewiththeirpensions,aretoolazytoundertakenewbusinessrisks,frustratesWokulski.Hisabilitytomakemoneyisrespectedbuthislackoffamilyandsocialrankiscondescendedto.Becauseofhis"help"(insecret)toIzabela'simpecuniousbutinfluentialfather,thegirlbecomesawareofhisaffection.Intheendsheconsentstoaccepthim,butwithouttruedevotionorlove.(wikipedia)

　　在被德国占领的波兰，年轻一代长大了。Stach就是其中一个，他和朋友们起初只是自发地从事危险的抵抗活动，总的来说是无组织无目的。后来在一个慈祥的共产党干部的带领下，他接触到了地下组织。当看到那个勇敢美丽的青年领袖Dorota时，他就加入了进去并与Dorota坠入爱河。接着Stach就投入反抗压迫和屈辱的危险活动中，直到要对其他人的生命负责时他就变成熟了。不幸的是Dorota被逮捕，Stach悲痛欲绝。与此同时，地下抵抗组织招募了新成员，新的一代正在成长eee