The war is coming to an end. Three soldiers happen to stop for the night in the home of Maria, living in a small Belorussian town. One of them, Ivan, quoted Maria’s name in his personal tag, identifying her as his wife... Having received a notice of Ivan’s death, Maria unexpectedly regards herself as a soldier’s’ widow, and moreover, falls in “posthumous” “love” with her “husband”... Out of the blue, Ivan comes back.