After the end of World War I, in Vilnius, which was abandoned by the occupying German army, there is fighting between the Polish army and the Bolsheviks to take over the city. In the spring of 1919, conscription to the Polish army is underway in the Vilnius region. In the village of Okszyniec, where the draft has also arrived, Hanka (Jadwiga Doliwa) bids farewell to her beloved, Frank (Henryk Rydzewski). Soon, after the young conscripts leave, the Bolsheviks appear in the village, looting and murdering its defenseless inhabitants. Hanka's grandfather, Wojciech Siekiera (Stanislaw Jasienski), who stood up for her, is forced by the squad leader Sasha (Ryszard Sobiszewski) to set fire to the family cottage with his own hands, in the flames of which the old man dies. The bandit horde occupies the mansion of the heir of Marcin Oksza (Antoni Rózanski), an insurgent from 1863, where they hold a drunken orgy with girls abducted from the village. A cavalry unit stationed nearby comes to the rescue. Orphaned Hanka decides to become a nurse, goes to the front to serve the Fatherland and be closer to her beloved.... The film is set in the spring of 1919. After the withdrawal of the German army from Vilnius, the Polish-Bolshevik war breaks out, fought with varying fortunes, which brutally enters the lives of a loving couple - Frank (Henryk Rydzewski) and Hanka (Jadwiga Doliwa). Bolshevik hordes wreak havoc on Polish villages and manors. In the manor of the heir of Okha (Antoni Rózanski) - an insurgent of 1863 - the invaders arrange an alcoholic libation. However, the relief of the Polish cavalry arrives just in time. Unable to wait idly, Hanka becomes a sister of mercy in one of the field hospitals near Vilnius. Franek, on the other hand, gains widespread recognition after capturing a Russian spy. Important documents found with him contributed to the capture of Vilna. The bloody fighting ends with the Polish army entering Vilna. Hanka and Franek - both in the uniforms of Polish soldiers - happily find each other at the foot of the picture of Our Lady of the Dawn Gate. The film concludes with a documentary recording of the celebrations marking the incorporation of Vilnius into Poland, with the participation of Jozef Pilsudski and the highest commanders of the Polish army as well as foreign guests.
