The first play in a trilogy by Arnold Wesker. The Hungarian-Jewish immigrant Sarah Kahn firmly holds her family in London's East End. She is also the center of power for the socialist engagement of the family, which is being tested by the events of Eastern Europe after the war.
Based on the play by Oleg Perekalin “I Demand a Court.”
The organizers of constant fraud and theft in the suburban village of Kantirovka are Metel and brigadier Sanin, members of a gangster group at the regional level.
During an inquest after a woman is killed, the judge suspects his own son. The woman's lover had been friendly with the son and he was also supposed to be married to the judge's daughter.
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Anthony Steffen, as a young gunman who works as a circus performer, witnesses the killing of some outlaws, carried out by their leader and is credited with the deed.