The Hero of the Year (Bohater roku)

Jerzy Stuhr portrays Ludwik Danielak, an out-of-work television personality trying for a comeback by producing a new program. The show will star Zbigniew Tataj (Mieczysław Franaszek), a department store clerk who detects leaking gas and saves the building. Tataj is scheduled to meet the public with a nation-wide promotional tour. The hero becomes disillusioned when he is forced to read a prepared speech to the fans and is not allowed to deviate from the script. The surprised Danielak is left alone when Tataj becomes disgusted and walks off the stage in the middle of the show.