The film concludes with Maks and Albert deciding to stay on the surface. They realize the future of humanity depends on them. The final scene—one of the most famous in Polish cinema—shows them successfully "re-introducing" masculinity to the world in a way that suggests the cycle of life (and the battle of the sexes) will begin anew.
The protagonists are treated as "natural specimens" and "historical curiosities." The ruling body, led by the , views them as a threat to their peaceful, man-free order. Seksmisja (1983) reЕј. Juliusz Machulski
: Due to surface radiation, the surviving women live in a high-tech, underground city. The film concludes with Maks and Albert deciding
: The surface is perfectly habitable; the "radiation" and "devastation" were myths created by the leadership to keep the population controlled and underground. The protagonists are treated as "natural specimens" and
, a geneticist, initially views them with cold scientific curiosity.
Maks and Albert wake up in the year , discovered by a group of female archaeologists. They soon learn the shocking truth:
