The film covers the events in Lithuania in 1940-1945 and tells about the life of the Lithuanian intelligentsia. The characters are placed in crisis situations, when the problem of choosing a path, the problem of social and historical self-determination of the fate of the people and each person inevitably arises.

Juozas Budraitisas Gediminas Džiugas
Laimonas Noreikaas Mykolas Džiugas, jo tėvas
Regimantas Adomaitisas Adomas Vainoras
Antanas Šurnaas Marius Nemunis („Raudonasis Marius“)
Stasis Petronaitisas Keršys
Elle Kullas Akvilė
Arnas Rosenasas Dangelis
Sigitas Rackysas Dangelio adjutantas
Gediminas Girdvainisas Žakaitis
Juozas Jaruševičiusas Putrimas („Juodoji Bigė“)
Donatas Peciura