In the years 1656–1660, Swedes invaded Poland. Andrzej Kmicic, ensign of Orsha, is engaged to Oleńka Billewiczówna and initially sides with the Radziwiłłs, a powerful magnate family collaborating with the Swedes. Accused of treason by the gentry and his fiancée, he soon begins to understand that the Radziwiłłs are not concerned with the good of the homeland but with their best interest and assuming the Polish throne. Kmicic kidnaps Prince...

Despite the anti-Semitic campaign unleashed by the Polish People’s Republic authorities in the late 1960s, director Jerzy Hoffman completed the film Colonel Wolodyjowski. It became a gateway to The Deluge, the most expensive film in the history of Polish cinema. At work, Hoffman not only has to deal with mounting production problems and the Communist government’s distrust but also with the expectations of millions of Poles. The Deluge: Postscriptum takes...