Maria lives with his son Darko in a Croatian village that was attacked by Serbian Chetniks one night. Them two manage to escape, and find hideout in the nearby town. Maria takes up job in the laundry, while Darko joins Croatian Defendors, much to his mother's opposition. After discovering that her son was killed, Maria sets off to the front so she could bury his body if nothing else.
Nada Gaćešić-Livaković
Zvonimir Novosel
Jasna Palić-Picukarić
Franjo Jurčec
Vinko Kraljević
Andrea Baković
Edo Peročević
Duško Valentić
Đorđe Rapajić
Damir Mejovšek
Miljenko Brlečić
Slavko Brankov
Đuro Utješanović
Ljerka Prekratić
Ivan Brkić
Nada Abruš
Ivan Brkić