Halka

Janusz Odrowąż, a young master of the manor meets Halka, a miller's granddaughter, and makes her fall in love with him. Despite her grandfather's requests, Halka rejects the young highlander Jontek, who tries to win her hand in marriage. Janusz's mother, who is a proud lady, is reluctant towards her son's affair with a peasant girl. Together with her neighbour, who is a rich pantler, she arranged for her son to marry beautiful Zosia. Doing his mother's bidding, Janusz pays the Pantler a visit. (New Horizons International Film Festival)