Synopsis

The film begins in 1942 in the Borderlands. Strong and independent Eliza gave birth to Stach's child without marriage. Now, together with the baby, he sets off to look for his beloved, sent to work in the Third Reich. Eliza is a village teacher, an idealist, and her beloved Stach is a village brawler. Eliza finds Stach in Frankfurt and decides to bind her fate with that of her child's father. Eliza and Stach start working on the farm in Germany, they are hungry and humiliated. Eliza is constantly fighting for dignity, for the child's life - and, most difficult of all, for the love of Stach, who initially considered their relationship to be a fleeting affair. Now, in the heat of war, the two of them really get to know each other, and the bond between them changes over time.