[2] Based on a story by Lech Borski and a screenplay by Kieślowski and Jerzy Stuhr, the film is about a young man who leaves prison after a three-year sentence seeking to start a new life.

His dreams of a better life are broken, however, when he is forced into a conflict between a corrupt construction company boss and his fellow workers who go on strike.

The Calm was filmed on location in Kraków[3] and completed in 1976, but was banned by the state because of its subject matter—strikes were illegal in Poland during that time.

[6] A young man in Poland, Antek Gralak (Jerzy Stuhr), is released from prison after serving a three-year sentence.

Construction materials have disappeared and Antek's boss, who is involved in the theft, deducts the loss from the workers' wages.