Aboebakar Djoenaedi

The film depicts the lives of two families. There is Basuki who always puts other’s interests first, while his wife, Suryati who only thinks about herself. There is also Umar with his immoral behavior, who sells his daughter Djuliah to Asnan, a loan shark, when he is in debt. This tragedy makes Ruhiyat, Djuliah’s boyfriend, heartbroken.

Although they are siblings, Asnah and Kumala have very different characters. The older sister Asnah is rude while Kumala is kind. Asnah is attracted to Safi'i, but he is more interested in softhearted Kumala. Out of disappointment, Asnah runs off to the city and becomes a singer. Meanwhile Kumala has to borrow money from a loan shark to get medical treatment for her sick mother. It turns out that Asnah is married to the loan shark. Finally, Kumala runs into Safi’I, who is in a taskforce aimed at eradicating illegal money lending, and he helps her to solve the problem.

Teacher Prapto (Rd Sukarno) helped build the nation by educating the people on a mountain slope in Central Java. One day the mountain erupted, the people fled. Lasmijah (Risa Umami) left her daughter Yati to follow her husband, Prapto. In fact, Prapto rushed home. Prapto only met Yati, and then lived in his hometown, Salatiga. There he met Sutinah (Tina Melinda), then married her. Meanwhile, Lasmijah, who was disabled, looked for Prapto and Yati.