Prawo i pięść

Prawo i pięść (Template:Lang-en) is a Polish 1964 drama film directed by Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski. Based on a novel by Józef Hen, the film achieved cult status in the history of Polish cinema.

The film is set in 1945, immediately after the end of World War II. It tells a story of Andrzej Kenig (portrayed by Gustaw Holoubek), a former German concentration camp inmate, who is sent as a government representative to a small fictional town of Siwowo/Graustadt in the so-called Recoverred Territories. His task is to secure the property left there by the retreating Germans. The town is mostly abandoned and the only remaining inhabitants are four women and a hotel owner. Upon reaching the town, Kenig discovers that the other members of the government delegation are not who they claim to be and that their only task is to loot as much of the property as they can for themselves. Kenig decides to fight against the looters alone, in the streets of a deserted town. The motive of a lone hero fighting against a group of villains resulted in the film being often described as a "Polish western".

The film is also well-remembered because of the original score written by Krzysztof Komeda, and especially the highly-popular title song Gdy wstanie dzień written by Komeda and Agnieszka Osiecka and performed by Edmund Fetting.