The novelette was written by I.Huseynov. In the film, the problem of war is viewed from the perspective of love. Almost all of the men of the village are at the battlefront. The women who stayed in the night and day to support their efforts. Children wake up in the middle of the night, crying for bread. All of the villagers feel anxious for the men to return. Mothers are waiting for their sons; wives, for their husbands and children, for their fathers. When Sayali's husband dies at the front, her husband's friend Jabrayil proposes to her. The people of the village are furious. Jabrayil's brothers leave home, convinced that their family has been disgraced. One brother goesw crazy; the other fall ill and dies. The only person who doesn't blame Jabrayil is the "agsaggal" (the wise old man) of the village - Isfandiyar Kishi. In this film, note single sound of weaponry is heard, not are any battle scenes depicted, yet we still witness the inherent tragedy of war.
Akif Maharramov
as Tapdig
Mammadrza Sheikhzamanov
as Isfandiyar
Yusif Vəliyev
as The Sword Gurban
Liya Eliava
as Sayali
Safura Ibrahimova
as Ismat
Khalida Guliyeva
as Milli
Shukufa Yusupova
as Tutu
Otkam Isgandarov
as Nuru
Sadig Huseynov
as Rza
Süsən Məcidova
as Sughra
Gumrah Rahimov
as Mukhtar
Zemfira Sadigova
as Khadica
