The film is set in Lithuania after the Second World War. It shows dramatic events in a small Lithuanian farming community, where people are split between the Soviets and the "brothers in the woods", who are fighting to defend their land from the Soviets after the end of the Second World War.
Donatas Banionis
as Vaitkus
Regimantas Adomaitis
as Donatas
Juozas Budraitis
as Jonas
Algimantas Masiulis
as Mykolas
Vytautas Tomkus
as Apuokas
Vija Artmane
as Ona
Bronius Babkauskas
as Marcinkus
Antanas Barčas
as Barzda
Kazimieras Vitkus
as Lokys
Regina Zdanavičiūtė
as
Laimonas Noreika
as Juozapas
Bruno O'Ya
as Bronius
