The movie is based on a real event. At the end of 1942 and the beginning of 1943, the Bulgarian fascist occupiers intensify the oppression and torture of the civilians in order to prevent the spreading of the Revolution for the liberation of Bitola's environs. After the treachery of the peasant Dime Paftar, who informed the occupiers for the presence of partisans in the village, named Lavci, among whom is the legendary partisan Todor Angelov - The Teacher, for whom a warrant has been issued, the Bulgarian chief of the police staff and the major of the Bulgarian soldiers in Bitola organize a joint action to attack the village. Covered by darkness, the partisans, together with the peasants prepare to leave the village. However the attack starts around the besieged village...