At the time of the Polish social regime, a security officer is promoted to work at a prison yard. Introducing concurrently with the narrator; he speaks of himself, his thoughts, his point of view. He tells that he is not afraid of bandits or gangs; on the contrary he gets a kick out armed conflicts. To get a start in his new duty, he shops for a watchdog; and he buys an untrained attack dog as his companion. Then he speaks of the adjudications that the death sentence for fugitives is lacking influence. From his point of view, the judicatory tribunal must execute the fugitives in public. In the morning the next day he wears his uniform and start working with pride.
　　Whilst he is on his duty, a very harmonic music score begins to be played on the piano. The watchman spectates the peaceful life on the street. At that time we catch on that socialism is not a governmental regime; yet it's an uneducated behavior.
　　As a final scene the watchman witnesses of a cadet school's pupils being taught of the democracy. He leaves us with a confused smile.
　　A soft and likable thesis from the Polish director Kieslowski. You can find this short documentary as a special feature in his DVD of A Short Film About Killing. It could help you to compass his film language.

1 ) 普通的法西斯

影片的最后一个镜头，聚焦于这位守门人的脸上，微微上扬的嘴角，流露出一种发自内心的骄傲。当时老师正带着一群小学生介绍这位守门人，身上的制服所象征的权力让他迷恋，虽然这权力有点微不足道，但他还是将这点微不足道的权力运用到了极致，查问上下班的工人、检查过往的车辆、征收钓鱼者的渔具、去公园抓约会的学生……这其中许多理应是在他的权力范围之外的。他迷恋权力，所以理所当然的认同权力，他认同国家，反对那些违反秩序的人，赞同死刑，用死刑去处罚那些破坏秩序的人。说实话，主人公也是一个诚实的人，所以他毫无隐藏在镜头前裸露了他的爱好，但这种“诚实”，用基耶洛夫斯基的话来讲，“他们不太能发现自己的姿态，不太清楚该怎么生活，不知道什么是对、什么是错”，这种诚实是集体意识下的沉睡。对于权力的认同，同时在另一方面是对于弱者的残杀。他喜欢虐待动物，开水浇入鱼缸中，鹦鹉掉入汤锅中，他虽然没有亲自实行，虐待动物，他却透露出一种欣赏。
或许他根本没有意识到他身上的这种“恶”，所以当基耶斯洛夫斯给他看这部制作的电影时，他表示非常喜欢。他只是这座权力大厦的守门人之一，就像奥斯维辛的守门人一样，他们都是“无辜的人”，他们都只是普通的法西斯。