True story about the brass band of a fire brigade during WW2.
After graduation, a young woman gets his first job in the women's prison in the province. The story follows her struggle to survive in a small town with her small child, alcohol addiction, and the battle with the prisoners and prison brutality and other schemers who wanted to remove her from working spot.
In search of her own identity, a young champion in fencing is torn between two men, which leads her to personal conflict.