影片以一个小男孩的视角描写了东欧“二战”期间的悲惨景象。小男孩的父母把他送到乡下避难，但与他失去了联系。男孩开始在各个村庄之间流浪。因为他的黑头发、黑眼睛，村民认为他是吉卜赛人，会给村子带来不祥，以各种方式折磨他。他曾被埋在土里，只有脑袋露在外面，乌鸦将他啄得伤痕累累。他目睹人们在暴力、堕落和无知的牢固链环中彼此吞噬。当他躺在铁轨上，让火车从自己身上呼啸而过，他体会到的只有饱受凌辱却依然幸存的快乐。影片在黑白光影下呈现出绝美的视觉质感，一出战争浮生录在魔幻的视角下就此展开。

　　In 1997, scientists and local government officials face life-and-death decisions when a destructive flood wave threatens the city. The local authorities, led by the aspiring clerk Jakub Marczak, bring in Jaśmina Tremer, a female hydrologist with a troubled past, to help save the city at any cost. At the same time, Andrzej Rębacz returns to his hometown Kęty near Wrocław, unexpectedly leading the rebellious residents. High Water is a suspenseful, six-episode disaster drama series inspired by the real-life events of the Millennium Flood which hit Poland, as well as parts of Czech Republic and Germany in 1997. Directed by Jan Holoubek and Bartłomiej Ignaciuk, starring Agnieszka Żulewska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Ireneusz Czop, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Mirosław Kropielnicki, Anna Dymna and Tomasz Kot.