Three friends — Jānis, Zigis, and Ričards — are mobilized into the Latvian Legion during World War II, where they fight against the Red Army in the Volkhov Marshes.

Ričards, who has returned from abroad on a secret mission, has become an agent of Western intelligence services hostile to the Soviet regime.

The film portrays the events surrounding the participation of the Latvian Legion in battles against the Soviets on the Leningrad Front, particularly during the Battle of Leningrad, with the focus on a critical moment where Ričards takes part in executing a captured Latvian Red Army soldier to save his friend Zigis.

Afterward, Ričards is sent to Germany, recruited by Western powers, and tasked with a mission in Latvia to destroy the Latvian Warriors' Monument at the Brothers' Cemetery, Riga.

[1] The film's cast included several notable Latvian actors: Eduards Pāvuls, Antra Liedskalniņa, Harijs Liepiņš, Pauls Butkēvičs, Uldis Pūcītis.