One Silver Piece

It is summer 1944. The war is far away from Slovak mountains for the time being. The head of forest management Borodáč brings a new employee to complete the eight woodcutters work team of Czechs, Slovaks and one Pole - the young guy is Martin Uher, a former clerk form Prague. The eight tough men do not trust the newcomer at first, but as time is passing, they got used to him. After some time, Martin gets next to Julika, a young wife of the gamekeeper Tkáč and they begin to go out secretly. The gamekeeper knows that Martin had promised to cooperate with German Gestapo, after he had experienced a hard interrogation. In avoiding to be a grass, Martin leaves Prague to hide in Slovak mountains. Tkáč wants Martin to inform on his colleagues who hide guns in the forest to ready to use them against Nazis. The village police arrests Juraj Pitoňák since he got drunk in a local pub and boasted about having a machine gun. Then Hacar, a Pole who had been avoiding German Totaleinsatz, is taken away. The fellers suspect Martin of informing on his colleagues and one of them beats him up. Foreman Borodáč finds out from Julika, that it is her husband who betrayed, being in touch with Slovak fascist guardists. They all apology to Martin and old Czepurko gives him a silver piece of money that he has been keeping for his son. Tkáč, however, threatens Martin to inform the secret police. The young man, trying to save the friends, wiles him away to the forest, promising to show him the secret hiding place of the guns. Martin kills Tkáč with a hand-grenade, dying at the same time. The group of fellers rush to take the guns and hide in the deep Slovak woods.