Set in post WWII devastation in rural Poland, citizens from a poor village, lead by a colorful and defiant local leader, begin stealing luxury goods from Soviet trains bound for Moscow’s highest Communist Party officials. The piracy (and the well kept secret) lasts for decades and the town’s citizens become incredibly rich. When one American retiree, an overzealous entrepreneur from Chicago, acts on the suggestion of one Pole from the village to up stakes and live in this uncharacteristic oasis of wealth in communist Central Europe, his best business intentions backfire and the town’s secret to success is exposed followed by a brutal crackdown by the authorities.
Long time personal, family, and business loyalties are tested against the political and economic realities for sheer survival at a time when the Soviet Union was on the decline and Poland was leading the charge to resist the communists’ control.
American, European, and Soviet-Russian culture clash add to surrealistic atmosphere created out of the frenzied rail piracy that is depicted in this unlikely place for an international incident.
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