Academy of Polish Film. Lecture by Dr. Olga Wesołowska • Znachor dir. Michał Waszyński (1937)

The surgeon Rafał Wilczur is leaving his wife. He's taking his little girl with him. A wolf wanders around Warsaw. Together with a random friend, Jemiol gets drunk. He is robbed and beaten. He's losing his memory. The wife is left alone, the lover died crushed by a tree. She works as a seamstress, then taperin the cinema. The she-wolf, repeatedly detained for vagrancy, takes the name of the deceased Kosiba. Living with a miller, he heals his crippled son and begins to treat the surrounding peasants. Marysia after the death of her mother becomes a taper in the cinema. He has two suitors: Leszek Czyński and Wojdyła. Jealous Woydyłło causes an accident in which she and Leszek are injured. In order to carry out the operation, the magician steals tools from the town doctor. Before the court, he is acquitted and recognized by his rival — Dr. Dobraniecki. Leszek and Marysia want to get married. The scoundrel at his wife's grave recovers his memory and returns to his hospital. She comes to her daughter's wedding at the last minute.

A prime example of interwar film drama. Transparent action, belief in the victory of good and excellent acting made it a box office hit on Polish screens.

Grzegorz Pieńkowski, Lexicon of Polish Feature Films, Warsaw 1996