This is the story of the complicated fate of a simple woman in the post-war years. Lydia works as a nurse on the front lines and one day saves a wounded general. The man miraculously survives, and after the victory over the Germans, the couple gets married. The girl finally feels happy, as she, an orphan, has a real family for the first time. However, the idyll doesn't last long. Soon, soldiers burst into the general's apartment and take Lydia's husband away on suspicion of treason against the state.