Jozef Mak is illegitimate child of poor widow. He constantly withstands oppression of brother, village people and various wounds of fate. Despite of difficulties of the life, he moves on as resilient as the social class he represents.
El soldado Jack abandona su unidad y encuentra a su esposa Eva en un pueblo aislado en las montañas. Se mudó allí para trabajar en una fábrica sin darse cuenta del cruel dueño Bar. Llega la policía secreta y parece que se acabó el tiempo de Jack y Eva.
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
