During the Nazi era, a Jewish woman on the run takes a trolley which passes near the Warsaw ghetto, where the uprising battle is taking place, and some passengers are struck by stray bullets. They take temporary refuge in an empty building, and there she has a chance meeting with her ex-fiancé. He offers to put her up--that is, hide her--for a few days. He's now married, a professional who lives in an idyllic suburb reached by a trolley that runs through the woods. His wife seems more committed to putting up the fugitive than he is. The story involves the neighbors, the building owner who avoids involvement and seeks solace in classic poetry, and the super and his suspicious wife.
as Irena Lilien
as Jan Malecki
as Anna Malecka
as Julek Malecki
as Piotrowska
as Józef Piotrowski
as Councilman Zamojski
as Karska
as Zaleski
as Osipowicz
as Irena's Father
as Ms. Marta
as Władek
as Caretaker
as Jan's Boss
as Włodek Karski
as Tereska Karska
as Secretary
as Wacek
as Wacek's Mate
as (uncredited)