Gheorghe Metzenrath

In the summer of 1944, the port of Braila is threatened with destruction by German troops, which is prevented by the patriotic guards, alerted by young Radu.

In 1919, young Doctor Poenaru is sent to be the director at a country hospital. On his way there he meets a formar army comrade, now a lawyer. An ideological and philosophical dispute ensues, the two following different paths in life.