In December 1981, Ryszard Ochódzki (nicknamed "Miś"—teddy bear), a communist sympathizer and president of the sports club "Tęcza", is tasked with infiltrating the Solidarity trade union by his acquaintance, Colonel Zygmunt Molibden, with whom he has various clandestine interests, and whose wife he is sleeping with.
Equipped with a Solidarity ID card and a photo taken with Lech Wałęsa, Ochódzki goes to Suwałki, where he falls under martial law.
SB lieutenant Jan Nogałka unsuccessfully tries to strangle the fugitive and ends up trapped in a poacher's snare in the forest.
Ochódzki seeks refuge with his aunt Lusia in Rembertów, where Molibden finds him and offers to help him escape to Sweden, disguised as a woman.
On New Year's Eve, Ochódzki hides in a toilet of the Palace of Culture and Science, where all high-ranking dignitaries, including Zambik and Molibden, are celebrating.