An adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play Desire Under the Elms.

1918 year. One of the southern cities is captured by the Whites. An underground Bolshevik committee is preparing an armed uprising in the city.

Hardworking, honest Saulia and his young wife Fundu are living happy lives, but once while plowing, Saulia finds a precious treasure buried in the ground, and after that he is completely changed.