p 　　Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland 三九 s 一00-year-long division of Poland under Russia, Prussia, and Austria The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist each in turn is confronted with spectres of Polish past In the end a call to arms is called but turns out to be a hoax p