The story takes place during WW II in Vojvodina. Two boys, Milan and Rasa, are sent from a partisan squad to a village for the winter. Soon Rasa becomes very ill and Milan goes to a nearby village populated by Germans. Here he finds a job as servant in Jakob Jerih's house. At night, Milan secretly nurses his friend Rasa in a hut in a swamp near the village. Soon, he finds another hiding place in master Jerih's stable. Jerih likes the diligent Milan and he even considers adopting the boy, but Jerih's cousin and assistant is against this idea. Namely because he counts on inheriting master Jerih's estate.
Slavko Štimac
as Milan Maljević
Svetislav 'Bule' Goncić
as Raša Petrov
Slobodan 'Cica' Perović
as Jakob Jerih
Ljubica Ković
as Marta Jerih
Milan Srdoč
as Peter
Goran Sultanović
as Lajter
Zoran Milošević
as Lani
Radmila Guteša
as Sekretarica
Mihailo 'Miša' Janketić
as Šlog
Toma Kuruzović
as Fanka
Milivoje Mića Tomić
as Veterinar
Danilo Čolić
as Komandant
