The story of a boy who, driven by the search for his lost brother in the turmoil of WWII, joins a group of children in order to survive the chaos of post-war anarchy in the haunted forests of Lithuania.

Tobias is living in his Indian tent for the summer after his mother rents out their home to a wealthy family from Berlin. Tobias roams his small town and the fields around, scheming to get rid of the intruders.