Stelios Tatasopoulos directs the first film of social realism in Athens of the 1930s. Drugs, gangs, prisons, strikes, and also clashes with the police.

Unable to eke out an existence in the faceless capital of Greece, the impecunious but ambitious student from the province, Dinos, finds himself between a rock and a hard place. As a result, Dinos, forced to quit university, meanders through the city's bustling streets in search of a job, any job, and, by some miracle, he lands a position as an actor in a small Athenian troupe, where he has a chance encounter with the love of his life: the brilliant actress, Niki. However, as Niki gives in to the lascivious industrialist Michalis Stratakis' romantic advances, a life of misery and despair awaits broken and weary Dinos, who, eventually, finds solace in the company of the honest and hard-working men of Athens' Tobacco Workers' Union, who give him a reason to live. Now, Dinos can wipe the slate clean and start afresh; nevertheless, the police and the palpable threat of incarceration are ever-present. Can a single man alone fight the repulsive social decay?—Nick Riganas