After Party

"It was never a good idea to go and see Hancock in his dressing-room before transmission. During rehearsals he would be fine; and then there would be an hour's break, and it would be best to keep away: He'd be very, very nervous; he'd be so tense that your presence would be unwelcome." (Ray Galton) 2 June 1961: It is the half-hour preceding the recording of The Blood Donor. Britain's best-loved comedian is alone in his room.

Three career crooks gather for a major heist; waiting in uneasy peace for their boss. A young stranger arrives alleging to have been sent by their boss. Only one of the three believes him. Fears and old grievances drive wedges between them. Each man tested to the breaking point as the pressure of their self imposed prison builds inexorably towards an emotionally explosive and group shattering climax.

Kingdom of Yugoslavia. As soon as she was born, Stana had both hands bit off by a pig, but she still grows to be good embroiderer. Her beloved brother Toma went into the city, where he's trying to make money by working in the circus. Toma comes to take Stana, promising her a better life in the city. However, she find herself left to the fate of circus act, and her brother eventually sells her to a doctor working on prostheses for disabled. At the same time, with the help of his uncle from the States, Toma tries to pull his cousin Ilija out from jail, a miner imprisoned for his leftist inclinations.