The son of a miller, following his call, flees to the sea, but after several years he returns to his family and to his childhood romance, Hanka.
A young married couple is torn apart by WW1. When the news comes of her husband's death, Wanda marries another man, not knowing that her loved one is somewhere deep in the east.
This documentary promotes the new post-war social and political order in Poland and condemns people opposed to the people's rule.
