Milos Hrma, a bumbling dispatcher's apprentice at a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, longs to liberate himself from his virginity.

Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surround him, he embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within this sleepy backwater depot.

Milos becomes involved in a plot to blow up a German ammunition train but when the plan backfires, he is forced to commit the ultimate act of courage.