Index (1977) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1977 · 94 mins · Polish

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Directed by

Janusz Kijowski

Starring

Marian Opania, Ryszard Ronczewski, Juliusz Machulski, Grażyna Krukówna, Robert Gliński, Paweł Nowisz

Set in March 1968 amid student protests, a passionate student rejects the dean’s decision to expel a peer on false charges and quits university rather than compromise. He loses his girlfriend and housing, becomes a coal delivery worker, witnesses a fatal accident, and writes a manuscript. When a publisher demands edits, he refuses and the work is shelved. Later the story is adapted into a successful film, bringing fame to the original author.