Following the political events of March 1968, rebellious student Józef Moneta fights for his fellow students expelled from the university. Soon he must face expulsion himself.

The story begins in March of 1968, the days of students protests. A hot- headed student protests the Dean's decision to expel a fellow student on fake accusation charges, upon which he drops out of university rather than make a compromise. He loses everything in the process: his girlfriend, housing privileges - he becomes a coal deliverer. On the job he witnesses an accident that causes death of a fellow worker. He decides to write a story, which is good and a publishing house wants to print it, but only after some corrections are made. He refuses again and the story is not printed. Finally, a story is commercialized and made into a successful film and brings fame to the original author.—Polish Cinema Database <http://info.fuw.edu.pl/Filmy/>