Quiet Is the Night

The account is set in Poland in the nineteen twenties. The place is a town in the Pomeranian region. Killings happen there one after another. Those killed are young boys. The weapon used is the same every time. The killer leaves a toy at the scene. There is a picture of a cat on the toy. Commissioner Teofil Herman leads the investigation. The case does not move forward. Herman has trouble at home as well. He is at odds with his growing son Wiktor. As the work goes on the matter comes closer to him. The film was adapted from a novel. Tomasz Zaliwski and Piotr Łysak take the leads in Tadeusz Chmielewski’s Polish film of 1978.