在这部裁决战争片中,1944年，第二次世界大战接近尾声，德军从希腊经南斯拉夫撤退回本国。
故事发生在马其顿南部地区，米柯·安格洛夫擅离战场探望母亲，被宣布以逃兵罪判处死刑。法庭将他交给部队指挥官处理，指挥官判他徒手上战场与德军作战，但是必须夺回一挺机关枪。米柯与突击小组出击，小组成员不幸丧生，只有米柯一人带着一挺机关枪回来，指挥官不相信，指控他是从死亡德军手中拾到的机枪，幸好有一名小组成员凡尼死里逃生回来为他作证。但凡尼伤重无法上战场，米柯即代替他的职位在战场上树立功劳，但法院为了维护法律与冶安，要处米柯死刑，但是部队同志集体弃枪，指挥官终于免他死刑。
In the conflict with the enemy in one battle lost in advance, the risk to die in vain, partisan Mitko Angelov, fleeing from the battlefield. He climbs onto the train and goes to see his mother, who has just returned from internment. When he returned to the brigade, Mitko was declared a deserter and was disarmed and bound. Since he lost his weapon, the Commissioner sent him to patrol the action to take weapons from the Germans. All partisans patrol that went with him dying and the only Mitko and Vane, who was seriously injured remain alive. Thinking it was dead Vane, Angelov returns to the brigade. But the commander did not believe him, thinking that he had fled from the battle, and that is why the prison in the basement. In the meantime, get wounded fighter Vane, and the story of the heroic struggle led by Mitko. But at the same time, a military court condemned him to death for desertion.
