Three episodes showing the repercussions of war. A soldier is awarded with the Cross of Valor and vacation to home. But instead of his village, he finds only the charred ruins. A stray dog turns out to be the former guard at Auschwitz. A young widow is hailed as the wife of the hero but dreams of something else.
Jerzy Turek
as Socha
Aleksander Fogiel
as Buśko
Bronisław Pawlik
as Florczak
Andrzej May
as Soldier Sypniewski
Grażyna Staniszewska
as Mrs. Joczys
Adolf Chronicki
as Ołdak
Zbigniew Cybulski
as Tadeusz Więcek
Bogdan Baer
as Barber Bolesław Petrak
Halina Buyno-Łoza
as Luborz Woman
Zenon Burzyński
as Priest
Jadwiga Hanska
as Mrs. Joczys' Mother
Władysław Dewoyno
as Soldier
