Calm was filmed in 1976 for Polish television, but not released until 1980 after it had been substantially edited, leaving the story somewhat less coherent due to the cut segments. A young man (Jerzy Stuhr) has just finished serving a three-year prison term, and is looking for work to be able to start all over again. He does find a job at a construction site, and while hoping for the best, it does not take him long to find out that his boss is corrupt and his fellow workers are secretly planning a strike. Unfortunately, he is caught in a dilemma - his heart is with the workers but his boss has him in a vise. It seems as though there is no clear way out of this dead-end street for the man who just wanted to earn an honest living.~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide