Serbia, in the year 1910: Milena Strasek has lived with her 12-year-old son Stefan in a small village since the father abandoned the family shortly after Stefan was born. Many years of uncertainty concerning the man’s whereabouts have taken their toll: Milena Strasek falls seriously ill and dies, leaving her son alone in the empty house. The father appears the following night. He has come to take his son, but Stefan refuses to go with him. It is a fateful encounter, changing Stefan for the rest of his life.

Francois Aubry
as Stefan Strasek

Oscar Olano
as Stefan Strasek as child

Tanja Vogler
as Desanka

Marianne Burger
as Milena Strasek

Michelle Hänggi
as Desankas Mutter

Simone Hänggi
as Journalistin

Jackie Steel
as Stefans Vater

Klaus Stangier
as Erzähler

Theodor Boder
as Desankas Vater