Two partisan miners are entrusted with the task of honor to transfer safely three orphan children from a dangerous zone of fighting to the safe liberated territory. In the beginning the two miners feel humiliated because they would like to engage in more important action, but later they become big friends with the children, especially with Peter, the youngest one.

Cast: Lojze Rozman, Bert Sotlar, Majda Potokar, Zlatko Šugman, Bogdan Lubej, Polde Bibič