Young Jan Zeman is returning from a Nazi concentration camp. On the train he meets Václav Kalina, who tells him about his plan to join the police force. Jan returns to his home village and finds only his mother there.
As Jan Zeman emerges from a Nazi prison camp, he meets Václav Kalina on the train and learns about his goal to become a police officer. Returning home, Jan is met with an eerie silence, as his village has been left abandoned, leaving only his mother behind.