Salas u malom ritu

Milan is falsely accused by a German soldier of stealing his fish prompting Milan's brother to chase the soldier away with a pitchfork. Meanwhile, the villagers are tasked with loading German grain which the Partisans are planning to burn.

A group of prisoners are brought to the village and Vasa is beaten by the German commander when he tries to give them water. Enraged, he sets fire to the German wheat.

After the soldiers fail to find out who set fire to the wheat, a cunning and ruthless policeman, Sicer, arrives to take over the case. His suspicions are immediately aroused by the barber's sudden disappearance, but a student is arrested.

Sicer rounds up all the men in the village between the ages of 17 and 50 and announces that he'll shoot one every day until he's told who set fire to the wheat and who's helping the partisans.

As Sicer starts shooting the hostages, Milan, Vasa, and Branko plan to dig a tunnel to save the imprisoned villagers.

Fearing for the life of her elder son, Radojka goes to the partisans to plead for help.