Zaza Nakashidze is imprisoned for a murder he never committed. While in jail he tries to prove his innocence and with other prisoners, real murderers and thieves, dreams of freedom.

A group of Georgian scientists traveling to Poland for a scientific symposium are housed in an old fortress . A middle-aged man , a descendant of Polish nobles , falls in love with one of the members of the group . Love turns the previously modest , inconspicuous scientist into a charming woman . After returning from a business trip, his lover soon visits him in his homeland .

The winter is getting on. An impecunious couple hires the old man who is supposed to cut and pile up the firewood for them. In the evening the old man promises the couple to continue his work in the morning. But the next day the old man does not appear for work. Neither does he come for work during the following days. After some time a boy comes up to the frustrated couple and tells them about his...