After spending 20 years in America, aging widower Marko Sekulovic (Karl Malden) returns to his Yugoslavian homeland to take care of his two young grandchildren. But Marko’s quiet life is…

The Topalović family has been in the burial business for generations. When the 150-year-old Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance.

German forces in Yugoslavia set out to destroy the stronghold of Tito with a traitor’s help, but are overcome by Partisan resistance.