It's 1945, shortly before the peace declaration. We meet Dolf Groenewald, a young boy who sells sandwiches to support himself and his mother. He believes that his father has left to fight in the war, but in reality he's been in jail with his two partners in crime, Jollyboy Roodt and Sid Keyser. The three men are released early and Jollyboy returns home unexpectedly - only to find his wife, the glamourous Joey, in bed with his brother Stoffel.