The mother of a national hero Nikoletina Bursac leads an imaginary conversation with the statue of her deceased son. We follow events from Nikoletina's life and war: his joining of the partisans together with his neighbor Jovica Jez, meeting with the small Jewish girl Erna who survived the slaughter of her village, constant quarrels and friendship with commander Pirgo and commissar Zlatko, meeting with Curetak and their unsuccessful love relationship.
as Nikoletina Bursać
as Jovica Jež
as Bolničarka Branka
as Jovan, stric Nikoletine Bursaća
as Komandant Pirgo
as Curetak
as Komesar Zlatko
as Jankelja
as Marija, majka Nikoletine Bursaća
as Vedronja / Đak
as Žena u zbijegu
as Todor, Tanasijev otac