Po rokoch sa stretnú dvaja starnúci priatelia a spomínajú na spoločné detstvo, ktoré prežili na malej železničnej stanici a kde snívali svoj veľký sen. V retrospektívach sa vracajú do čias svojej mladosti pred polstoročím.
An alcoholic tries to rob an intellectual and suddenly recognises him as his childhood friend. They recall their childhood mischief and their glorious time, which was at the beginning of the First World War, which was at first somewhere far...