The movie based upon the classical Slovene novel Martin Kačur, depicts the clash between the teacher Martin Kačur and his conservative environment. Due to his progressive ideas, he is transferred to a small town. The village environment is even more depressing than his former surroundings were, as the influence of both the secular and the Church authorities is even greater in the country. Even though Martin meets Tončka and the two of them get married, he gradually becomes a disillusioned and embittered man. In time, when society's strictures become somewhat milder, Martin is transferred to a more friendly environment, but all the injustices he has experienced have already bitten too deep. Unlike his wife, Martin finds it very difficult to accept changes. When his son dies, it seems as though he has lost all his elan and the will to live. Will he be able to go on bringing the light of knowledge to the ignorant masses, or will his ideals be buried forever like a man in a snowdrift?
По рассказу Ф.С. Финжгара «Дядьки» - о трагической судьбе бедной крестьянской девушки Луции, ставшей женой сына богатого крестьянина.
По окончании войны бывший партизан Алеш, потерявший в боях руку, вынужден работать курьером. Мещанская среда, окружающая Алеша, способствует тому, что он становится озлобленным, раздражительным. Однажды в дни праздника, посвящённого освобождению страны, Алеш снова встречается со своими боевыми друзьями и с девушкой, которую когда-то любил. Разговор с ними, а также чуткое отношение некоторых сослуживцев резко меняют судьбу Алеша — он вновь обретает веру в себя, в людей, в жизнь.
When the planes bombed a Slovene town, a Slovene boy and a German girl set on a journey towards the valley, in which there is no war. On their way a black American pilot, who jumped of a shoot-down plane, joins them. Although American planes have killed the boy's parents, he accepts the pilot with enthusiasm. The children communicate with him in German and the valley of peace seems like the last paradise place of refuge. The Slovene boy, the German girl, and the American pilot represent a symbolic triangle of peace in this adventure happening in the middle of the War of Liberation.
