A young and pretty girl, Violeta, is in love with a kind young artist, Alekos. The feelings are mutual, but the two young people have to face a severe old maid, aunt Pinelopi.
The inhabitants of Praxos, a mountain village in an occupied country, organize their own resistance to the oppressor. Faced with reprisals, they decide that every hour a man will cross the bridge that is the population's only supply route. The action, which results in the death of all those taking part, continues until dawn on the third day.
Kokovios and Kavouras pretend to be private detectives, but their naivety results in them messing up the cases they take on. Their latest case is of the utmost secrecy and seriousness. The extremely clumsy detectives must find out if a client's philandering husband really has a mistress and who she is.
