本片故事发生在1941年,德国军队横扫欧洲期间。由两个即将前往贝尔格莱德的贫穷少年的歌唱开始,又从他们搭乘的公共汽车展开故事。形形色色的人坐上这部汽车,退役老军人、两个富人、新婚夫妇、司机父子。各种各样的意外引出了各种各样的故事、叙述和活动:在一个路口被军人拦住;在另一条陆上又被收取买路钱的农夫扎破车胎;在湖边休息时,又碰上了行进中的一个本国小分队,汽车被征用,回来后司机的儿子已经被强迫参军;退役军人的钱包掉在路上,乘客们却怀疑两个清贫的少年并把他们拳打脚踢。最后在德军飞机的轰炸下,汽车焚烧、倾倒,但两位满面污秽的少年仍然从车窗爬出,继续歌唱……贝尔格莱德之旅由此艰难地结束。
An unsuccessful attempt of a lonely guy to change his pointless life. In search for a job and money he falls in love with a girl next door believing that she will change his life.
After confronting his professor, a student of medicine loses his illegal bed in student housing and finds a job as a housemaid at Sava Mitrovic house. The family happiness soon turns into a chaos, falling apart like a Robert Hall suit.
Mane Karakas comes to a small coastal town to dig a hole for watering system. He tries to brighten up the town's sleepy atmosphere. The local journalist who misunderstood Karakas writes an article about new popular melody festival in town. When it was about time for the contract to be signed, Mane explains it is all a big misunderstanding, but singers and orchestras already arrived. Music is everywhere, but Mane goes elsewhere to look for the oil.
War arrives to a small secluded village in Vojvodina. The Germans take a group of hostages through the village and on their way molest a small boy. As revenge, the boy sets the German corn on fire. An intelligent and shrewd Gestapo officer Šicer arrives to investigate. He does not even suspect that he is up against a group of small boys, led by Milan and Vaso, and orders that all men from the village be taken to custody. He announces that one man will be shot each day unless the real culprit steps forward. Children contact the partisans.