A young swindler steals the loot from her partner and hides it in a swamp.

Set during the Greek civil war. A villager is forced to leave his house and property and go to Thessaloniki with his daughter and son. They find refuge in an old building with hundreds of other people. They live a miserable life as the daughter becomes a whore, and the son has to work.

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.