Silent Night (ep. 1, 2)

1976. On Christmas Eve in a village near Połaniec, an accident occurs - a bus fatally hits three people - pregnant Krysia (18), her brother Miecio (12) and her husband Stanisław Łukaszek (25). The Prosecutor and Investigator Buczek appear on the scene. For Buczek, the condition and strange position of the bodies indicate that the victims may have been murdered. For the Prosecutor, the bus was stolen from in front of the church, the perpetrator of the accident was not found, period. It is Christmas, it’s not the time for investigations. At the scene of the accident, the village mayor, Jan Sojda, plays a significant role, trying to be as helpful as possible. It is obvious that he is the informal leader of the village. Kalitowa and Kalita, the parents of the victims, recognize the bodies of their children in the morgue in Buczek's presence. Kalitowa, due to her emotional state, has to stay in the hospital. In the hospital, Investigator Buczek meets a gynecologist, Dr. Gil, who had just yesterday run Krysia’s routine pregnancy check-up. Buczek questions Gil about the details. Gil must be hiding something from him. Even before the funeral of the tragically deceased, life in the village seemingly returns to normal. A cow calves at the Kalita family. The procedure is done by Sojda with his brother-in-law, Adaś, and sons-inlaw, Socha and Kulpiński. The birth of a calf is a symbol of the power of life, which moves forward after the tragedy.