Maria lives with his son Darko in a Croatian village that is attacked by Serbian Chetniks one night. They manage to escape and hide in a nearby town, where Maria takes a job at the laundry and Darko joins the Croatian Defenders, leading to tragedy.

Nada Gaćešić-Livaković
as Marija

Zvonimir Novosel
as Darko

Jasna Palić-Picukarić
as Jasna

Franjo Jurčec
as Joža

Vinko Kraljević
as Sova

Andrea Baković
as Duška

Edo Peročević
as Ilija

Duško Valentić
as Žgoljo

Đorđe Rapajić
as Nikola

Damir Mejovšek
as Debeli Štef