一个年轻的大学生因为不想让女友在假期参加政治学习班，而在明信片上开了一个小小的玩笑，这让他的一生付出惨痛的代价：开出党籍、开除学籍、被罚去矿区服苦役，在社会上遭受着"另类“的待遇。15年后，世事沧桑，当这位大学生获释，巧遇曾迫害过他的党小组组长时，他本想以勾引他的妻子来报复，没想到反而帮了这位另结新欢的小组长一个大忙…

This existential drama about the disillusionment of a Communist military officer was based on a novel by Jifií Kfienek that had in the sixties paradoxically received an award in a military literary contest held. Lieutenant Ernest is at his…