Zdena Švarcová

Uma trupe de mulheres jovens na terra pós-apocalíptica são conduzidas para todo o lado por uma amante nascida antes da guerra, acabando por vir a terminar na companhia de um velho solitário.

Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.