A satire full of black humor, unveiling the manipulations of the press and stereotypes about the Polish youth prevailing at the end of the 50-ties and the beginning of the 60-ties of the 20th century.
Adam Panek, an ambitious journalist without talent or scruples publishes a report about a club of suicides that attracts young people bored with their life. The article’s immense popularity quickly becomes a source of problems because Panek made the story up. To prevent the truth from surfacing the journalist joins a group which is a real counterpart of the fictitious club. The character, acting incognito, is drawn into a dangerous game, which may end tragically. He is not aware of the fact that the member of the club played a joke on him. Eventually, everybody finds out that one cannot play with death.
The film is a loose adaptation of the novel by Andrzej Jurek published in episodes by “Sztandar Młodych” in 1962. Jurek was a pen name adopted by Jerzy Janicki and Andrzej Mularczyk, iconic scriptwriters who worked together also on the “Dom” series. Mularczyk was also famous for the trilogy about the Kargul and Pawlak family, whereas the most outstanding of Janicki’s achievements include the series “Polskie Drogi” and “Ballada o Januszku.”
