It was originally conceived as luxuriously as only beggars could imagine it in their dreams. But then, with the change of different life circumstances, it became so cheap that beggars could pay for it. Based on a play by Bertolt Brecht.

A film-report about one day of work of a television film crew, "making" city news. On this day, student Pasha comes to the group for an internship. One day of practical work was enough for the young man to understand the difference between his romantic ideas about journalistic work and the harsh and ruthless reality.