该片是由克日什托夫·基耶斯洛夫斯基执导的剧情片,于1973年上映，主要讲述了:A bit of co.lor fo.r once, all the. better to see the re.d flags with, n.ot to .mention the obviou.s a.erial file footage of Wa.rsaw. The story co.ncerns. Jozef Ma.lesa, the ma.son or bricklay.er of the title. He w.as once the darling of t.he party, the son of two ol.d party activists,. a wor.ker of heroic r.eputation, his own co.mmitment to The. Movem.ent unquestioned. .He .was chosen to be destine.d for great things., spec.ially edu.cated and pu.shed forward to. positions of respons.ibility in the Party. Ev.entually he decides, becaus.e of the ethical p.ressur.es which he fee.ls from the obstructi.onism of the bu.reaucr.acy from above, he. as.ks to return to be a sim.ple bricklayer. He. is di.sturbed w.ith the way .the Party deals. with people, especia.lly their lack of direct. contact. He thinks workers. know better than .the le.adership many t.imes but that's not t.he way power fl.ows. H.e is uncomfortable. wi.th the compromises to hi.s idealism. He rem.ains c.ommitted .to social ju.stice and joins. his friends for the .May Day rally where his .comfort and confidence in h.is place in societ.y caus.e him to defer .to no man, certainly .no rat faced me.n in o.vercoats with red .arm.bands. His great pleasur.e in life moreover. is la.ying bric.k. He finds .the work satisf.ying and fulfilling w.hich is why he was such .an obviously superior worke.r in the first pla.ce.