Sugiati loves all of her children, Achmad, Idris, Sumadi and Supinah. Sumadi receives the most attention as Subagio, his father, often blames him. But Subagio leads a double life as a thief. To defend his father, Sumadi takes the blame for his father’s crime. He is sent to exile for his confession. Subagio feels guilty, becomes ill and finally passes away. After the death of Subagio, the children refuse to take care of Sugiati who ends up in a nursing home. Upon his return from exile, Sumadi is appalled by his siblings’ treatment of their mother and settles the score with his brothers and sister.

This film tells the story of two girls, Karina and Roesdjana, who have conflicting characters and habits. While Karina is traditional, Roesdjana is modern.

A wealthy man marries twice. His jealous second wife murders the first and gets away with it and then plots, along with her daughter, to do away with the stepdaughter.

A sad story enlivened by song. It is worth praising Sukarno M. Noor's performance in his first important role. The use of the title ("Gambang Semarang", which was originally "Eliminate KMB") was only for commercial considerations, because the song title for "tanda" was very popular.

Jafar loves Malia, and ignores Zulaekha who has feelings for Jafar. And Kahar who also loves Malia, does not get a response from Malia. Approaching the Proclamation of 1945, Jafar married Malia. As befits a young man, Jafar plunged into the revolution. One day Kahar brought news that Jafar had died on the battlefield. So Malia married Kahar. It turned out that Jafar was still alive. Although initially angry when he heard that Malia married Kahar, Jafar was calmed down by Zulaekha. They got married.