Warsaw is mysteriously running out of water during the summer heat wave. This mystery can only be solved by a Polish superhero known as As.
Production
1971 Polish TV budget creating 'futuristic' Warsaw via sheer willpower.
Acting
Józef Nowak plays dual identity with straight-faced commitment to nonsense.
Writing
"Abstinence" as superhero weakness. Someone was having fun.

Director
Andrzej Kondratiuk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Poland's communist era, the film satirizes bureaucratic inefficiency through sci-fi—a classic Eastern Bloc strategy of hiding social critique in genre tropes.
Director Andrzej Kondratiuk was primarily known for documentaries; this rare fiction entry was reportedly made in six days for state television.