Salas u malom ritu

Feb 29, 1976

Milan is falsely accused by a German soldier of stealing his fish prompting Milan's brother to chase the soldier away with a pitchfork. Meanwhile, the villagers are tasked with loading German grain which the Partisans are planning to burn.

Mar 7, 1976

A group of prisoners are brought to the village and Vasa is beaten by the German commander when he tries to give them water. Enraged, he sets fire to the German wheat.

Mar 14, 1976

After the soldiers fail to find out who set fire to the wheat, a cunning and ruthless policeman, Sicer, arrives to take over the case. His suspicions are immediately aroused by the barber's sudden disappearance, but a student is arrested.

Mar 21, 1976

Sicer rounds up all the men in the village between the ages of 17 and 50 and announces that he'll shoot one every day until he's told who set fire to the wheat and who's helping the partisans.

Mar 28, 1976

As Sicer starts shooting the hostages, Milan, Vasa, and Branko plan to dig a tunnel to save the imprisoned villagers.

Apr 4, 1976

Fearing for the life of her elder son, Radojka goes to the partisans to plead for help.

Apr 11, 1976

Milan, now with the partisans, is sent with a snobbish city runaway Rasa, to spend the winter with his mother in Moldovin.

Apr 18, 1976

En route to Moldovin, Milan and Rasa run into a squad of Hitlerjugend forcing them to hide in a marsh. After spending some time in the water, Rasa falls ill.

Apr 25, 1976

Looking for food, Milan arrives in the German village of Jakobsfeld where he is abused by the local Hitlerjugend. However, the cantankerous but kindly landowner Jakob Jerih comes to his rescue.

May 2, 1976

Even though he's now in Jerih's employ, Milan continues to be abused by the Hitlerjugend. That is until Jerih intervenes. Meanwhile, Milan befriends the local tailor who teaches him the ropes of working in the Jerih household.

May 9, 1976

After Rasa, now hiding out in Jerih's stable, sends his friend Slavko a letter, Slog, a partisan, comes to Jakobsfeld looking for the two boys.

May 16, 1976

After making contact with the boys, Slog takes Rasa to the city with the help of Milan who stops off on the way back to Jakobsfeld to visit his mother and aunt.

May 23, 1976

To appease his lonely wife, Jerih makes plans to adopt Milan, but under the condition that he is never to see his mother again. After hearing this, Milan decides to run away and rejoin the partisans.