The nurse Helga meets Baltic nobleman Arno when he's wounded in the Russo-Finnish war. They have a short but passionate affair before Arno is called back to the front and dies. Helga has a daughter, Dorli, as a result of the affair and they have to struggle to survive after the Red Army wins the war.
| Directing | Milan Cieslar | Director |
| Writing | Vladimír Körner | Writer |
| Camera | Jiří Macháně | Director of Photography |