Based on the four-volume family saga by Polish writer Maria Dabrowska published in the thirties, Nights and Days follows the lives of two generations of Polish gentry from the Polish uprising of 1863 to the outbreak of World War I and the beginning of Poland's re-emergence as a sovereign nation. The story focuses on Bogumil and Barbara, an ill-matched married couple who live a modest life in a corner of the Polish countryside.

“American critics have alternately compared Jerzy Antczak's Nights and Days to Gone With the Wind on a cinematic level and to War and Peace and Dr. Zhivago on a narrative level. This Oscar-nominated film, winner of the Grand Prix at the Gdansk Festival of Polish films and the UNICRIT prize in West Berlin, is epic not merely in its structural proportions (presented in two parts, it spans four-and-one-half hours of screen time) but in its sweeping vision of nearly half a century of Polish history, as seen through the individual destinies of its characters.” -Media Center, Buffalo.

Writer-director Jerzy Antczak created and perfected “TV Theatre” for the Theatrical Television Station in Warsaw, attracting the finest contemporary playwrights, directors and actors. He has directed over 60 full-length feature television plays and films and written over 30 screenplays and adaptations, which have brought him numerous festival prizes.