Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski is one of Poland`s best known poets despite having died at the age of twenty-three during the tragic Warsaw uprising of 1944. Krzysztof became a myth, a personification of a whole generation that died fighting for their freedom. His poetry became Poland`s most poignant and subjective testimony of wartime. Combining accounts of the few remaining war veterans who fought with him with dramatized scenes and interpretations of his poetry, the film examines Baczynski`s motivation for becoming a soldier, the inspiration for his metaphysical poetry and his ultimate prophecy of his own death.