An inspector is torn between her conviction of there being a need to reconstruct a factory, and a love interest who asks of her not to do that in order for him to further his career.

The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and fighting against the Soviet regime. Ansis Leinasars, who has been tasked to spark a coup in Latvia, arrives by night from across the sea, but his work is hampered at every step. His last hope is a meeting with the partisans in a church...