Kroll

Marcin Kroll deserts on the day his unit leaves for the training ground. Lieutenant Arek is sent after him, tasked with bringing him back before an official inquiry begins. The officers are wary of the inquiry because the conditions in the unit might come out: beatings, humiliation, and an order of things that drove several soldiers to take their own lives. Władysław Pasikowski's film was his first feature and drew a large audience in Poland. Bogusław Linda and Olaf Lubaszenko take the leads. The telling neither exalts the army nor condemns it as a body; the problem is not in individuals but in a structure where nobody takes responsibility. The film offers a hard look at Poland's institutions during the change.