Poor Street

The students Yoshkata and Petar share rooms and wartime privations in a poor mans street Over a glass of vine Yoshkata often talks about the stage life of genuine beauty The student is unaware of the passion with which Vaska the barmaid at the local pub burns for him Petar is a member of an antifascist combat unit The pupil Katya loves him Petar carries out a sabotage action and comes home wounded Yoshkata manages to deceive the Germans who rush into their flat that they have been drinking and playing cards throughout the evening He saves his friend However the secret agent notices the doctors visits When the police arrive to arrest Petar Yoshkata tries to resist them and the agent shoots him dead Petar goes underground On the day of the liberation all the residents of the poor mans street celebrate and Katya and Petar happily reunited Vaska is there too a baby in her arms the fruit of her love with Yoshkata