The movie is the story of the two quarreling families, who after the end of the Second World War
were resettled from
Kresy to the
Regained Territories, after Poland's borders were shifted westwards. The bad blood between them runs to a time when one of Karguls
plowed a few inches ('three finger-widths') into the Pawlak's territory, for which one of the Pawlaks hit him with a
scythe and then, fearing retribution, emigrated to the United States. Years later, he comes back, and finds that both families live peacefully. His brother, Kazimierz, tells him the story of how the families came to terms, in a form of
Romeo and Juliet-like marriage between Pawlak's son, Witia, and Kargul's daughter, Jadźka. == The actors ==