来自伊巴尔河岸边的一个年轻人参加了革命战争。这段经历对他后来的生活影响深远。战争冲突和他自己的内心冲突同时发生着。尽管对周遭事物感到种种恐惧，他还是觉得有必要以人类的方式进行思考。这就是人的内心深处的需要——对爱、理解和正义的需要。

A tragicomic tale of lumberjack who joined the partisans during WW2. As a corporal, he successfully and courageously fulfilled the combat tasks with his partisan battalion. The commander sends him on a special assignment.