1970年圣诞节的前2周,波兰共产党当局提升了食物的价钱。就在第2天,Gdansk造船厂工人们就回绝开端放工并在大街上阻滞游行。1970年12月17日木曜日,45名抗议者被枪杀。影片以在这场暴动中的一个抗议者的
家庭为主线,讲述了这场抗议和它的光线弹压........Two weeks before Christmas, 1970, the Polish Communist government raised food prices. The next day, Gdansk shipyard workers refused to go to work and took to the streets. On Thursday December 17, 45 protesters were shot and killed. The film follows the plight of a family caught up in the violence. This protest and its brutal suppression occurred a decade before the Solidarity union emerged to lead the opposition, but they were events that were clearly preparative for what happened later.