Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree and she is left without parents. Luckily, she gets adopted and continues to nurture the oak where her mother died. Many years later, Smilja is a handsome woman, but her jealous stepbrother Josip kills her boyfriend Ivan and rapes her. Ivan's brothers swear revenge.
| Writing | Mirko Božić | Writer |
| Directing | Krešimir Golik | Director |
| Editing | Radojka Tanhofer | Editor |
| Art | Zdravko Gmajner | Art Direction |
| Camera | Frano Vodopivec | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Hegedusic | Costume Design |
| Art | Frano Simunovic | Production Design |
| Sound | Branimir Sakač | Original Music Composer |
