Veteran Labour and three wars, a respected man in the village of White Dew - Fedor Khodas has long been a widower and has three adult sons. Senior overly prudent, Junior overly cheerful. ...
Belorussia, summer 1942. The war has moved on, far off to the east. The life of a small town where the German authorities of the region have set themselves up is getting back to "normal". ...
Two noblemen from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania clash because one refuses to free his servant - a girl. The second joins a peasant revolt and takes over the castle.