This is a film impression, in which the images of ruined Warsaw (1945) are accompanied by Fryderyk Chopin’s ballade. The film begins with a shot of Chopin’s monument in Warsaw's Łazienki Park. We also hear a fragment of Fortepian Chopina by Cyprian Kamil Norwid. The former glory of the city could be seen only on pre-war postcards. Historical figures, such as Nicolaus Copernicus...