Branka Vrdoljak

Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men.

Partizan commisar, a Communist intellectual from Zagreb, must bring the group of Serb partizans in line.