An adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play Desire Under the Elms.

1918 year. One of the southern cities is captured by the Whites. An underground Bolshevik committee is preparing an armed uprising in the city.

The film tells the story of a Soviet girl who wishes to work in an enterprise.

The events of the film take place during the First World War in 1917 on the Caucasian front. First cornet of the military orchestra Streshnev, not interested in politics faithfully serves his stern commander Colonel Garaburde.