Hardjono gives a handkerchief to his girlfriend, Karnasih, as a token of love. During their holiday together, Karnasih experiences an accident and becomes blind. Hardjono then goes abroad to study eye medicine. Upon his return, he conducts a surgery on his girlfriend's eyes and succeeds.
Jakarta experiences a rapid growth after Indonesia gains full sovereignty in 1950. The Republic’s capital becomes the city of hope and dreams for people living in rural areas. One of them is Mulyono. He leaves his wife and kids in the village. But Jakarta turns out to be a horrible city and Mulyono has bad luck until he finds work at a gas station. One of his customers is Nani who asks him to work at her father’s office. Soon, they become husband and wife and Mulyana forgets about his family back home.
A medical student, Kusmayadi, the son of Dr. Sugiharto, is going for a vacation in Bandung with Selikur and Winarto. There he meets up with Asmarani, and later on, both vow to be together forever. Dr. Sugiharto opposes their relationship, since he has arranged Kusmayadi's marriage with Lasminah, the daughter of a trader. The relation of Kusmayadi-Asmarani is successfully broken. Asmarani falls ill and dies. When Kusmayadi know the news, he falls ill and dies too.
Maryani who loves Hartono, her childhood friend. But because she could never express it, compared to her younger sister, Rusmini. Maryani had to let Hartono marry Rusmini.
Wibowo's household was getting worse day by day. This was caused by the death of Lastri (his wife) whom he loved very much. Before his wife took her last breath, she asked Wibowo to take Lasmi (Lastri's younger sister) as his future wife. The message was carried out. But the sorrow still gripped Wibowo's heart.
An Indonesian drama movie directed by The Teng Chun and Roostijati
