It is 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia and the Communists have taken over. Anyone who is not with the Communist Party is in danger. TOMAS, a veteran of the Czech resistance who has joined the Party, tries to save his anti-communist friend, the cowardly JINDRICH from prison or, even worse death. Between these two men is SARKA, the pregnant wife of Jindrich, who above all wants to protect the future of her unborn child.