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In the early days of the Communist
takeover of Yugoslavia, a dedicated
youth who believes in the new world
and its methods, makes his way to
a village to hand out UNRRA
parcels to the villagers. But he and
his fellow workers are ambushed by
guerrillas and their leader is killed.
The young man becomes even more
active in social works for the Party;
but he is also ordered to stop
loving the daughter of a rich man, a
lawyer who has been condemned by
a Communist court. He cannot do
so, but he decides to get her into
the movement. She enjoys her new
freedom by indulging it with many
men; but he, despite his revolutionary
zeal, has old-fashioned romantic
ideas about fidelity...