1939年9月1日，纳粹德国向波兰发动闪电战，抢占波兰西部地区。16天后，苏俄由东部进入波兰，并俘虏了约25万波兰军人，将他们分别关押。1943年，入侵苏联境内的德国宣布，在苏联斯摩棱斯克市附近的卡廷森林发现埋葬波兰军人尸骨的万人坑，而苏俄正是残忍杀害这些军人的真正凶手…… 影片根据真实事件改编，波兰导演安杰依•瓦伊达最终将这个波兰国内长久以来的禁忌话题搬上银幕。本片荣获2008丹佛国际电影节人民选择奖、卢布尔雅那国际电影节观众大奖以及波兰电影节最佳剧本、最佳男配角、最佳电影、最佳配乐、最佳音效等7项大奖。

"Budapest Tales" is about a group of people (consisting of Szabo regular Andras Balint along with Ildiko Bansagi and Karoly Kovacs) who find a broken down tram while trying to go to the city. The people band together and try to get the tram back on the train tracks and head towards the city. Along this journey the passengers encounter many people who join them on the tram. What started out as only a handful of people has now turned into a small village. As the people travel on to the city each person takes on certain roles and through the course of time these roles will change. Some people fall in love, others out of love, and a few even die. But life goes on. The people keep the tram going hoping to reach Budapest.

八岁的巴伯家门前有一个小湖，冬天他喜欢在那里滑冰。但冰的厚度是不一定的，只有厚到一定程度才可以在冰面上安全地玩耍。巴伯的爸爸是一位数学家，精通电脑，相信一切都能够用电脑方程式运算出来，比如门前小湖的冰面厚度就可这样算出。圣诞节前，小巴伯想去滑冰，他按照爸爸的教导打开电脑询问计算结果，电脑说，“I am ready. ”于是他穿上爸爸给他的圣诞礼物冰鞋，上了冰面。正当他欢快玩耍的时候，湖上的冰破了，巴伯葬身湖底。