Warsaw 44

Warsaw 44, originally titled Miasto 44 ("City 44"), is a 2014 Polish war film written and directed by Jan Komasa. The film depicts the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 during the German occupation of Poland. Plot In the summer of 1944, the Red Army advances from the east in the direction of Warsaw. For that reason, the Polish underground Home Army launches a revolt against the German occupying force. Underground fighter Stefan joins the armed uprising. He loves nurse Ala, but also has feelings for an underground fighter named Kama. A story of love and friendship unveils during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising as the uprising is crushed, with heavy casualties and most of the city destroyed. Stefan is an activist who assists the AK, but is not quite a member. As he hides his gun at work, he attempts to hide it from a SS officer, Johan Krauss, who slaps around his face with his whip. Together with his friends, he goes out to the countryside where he meets Ala, who has swum out to an island in a lake that she refuses to leave. Stefan is attracted to Ala and vice versa. Stefan joins the AK, which upsets his mother. Ala comes from a wealthy szlachta (noble) family and over their opposition decides to go to Warsaw to join Operation Tempest. When the Warsaw Uprising begins on 1 August 1944, Stefan joins in the fighting, Ala works as a nurse and Kama as a messenger. Stefan and Ala declare their love for each other. After he sees his mother and little brother executed by the SS, Stefan becomes catatonic and Ala has to save him numerous times as Warsaw is destroyed while the dreaded Kaminski Brigade and the equally feared Dirlewanger Brigade are unleashed against the people of Warsaw. As their friends are steadily killed one after another, Stefan recovers from his catatonic shock after Ala passionately kisses him. Stefan saves the live of Krauss who was wounded and captured by the AK. Ala decides to stay at the Hospital while Stefan joins the last surviving AK fighters, determined to fight onto the end. After Kama is killed by a Tank Shell, Stefan goes looking for Ala at the Hospital. We are unaware of her fate. On finding a mound of bodies, Stefan is found by Krauss who spares Stefan. With Warsaw almost completely destroyed, Stefan swims out to an island in the Vistula river and sees Ala there. The last shot is of Warsaw in flames and in ruins at night. In the foreground we see that Stefan is, in fact, alone.