La principale séquence du film montre un vampire attaquant un cobaye. On voit la chauve-souris s'approcher lentement, en marchant, du cobaye qui ne semble pas être effrayé. Le vampire lui lèche alors le nez, acte que le cobaye prend comme un geste amical et ne bouge donc pas, mais sa salive contient un puissant anesthésiant lui permettant d'endormir localement le cobaye, il peut alors le mordre à la joue, puis laper le sang coulant de la plaie ouverte.
An opening narration explaining that the film's purpose is to examine the "world strategy of food", in terms of its production, distribution and consumption. The film is then divided into three parts: "Food - As It Was", "Food - As It Is" and "Food - As It Might Be".
The opening titles appear over scenes of farm workers stacking hay.
The film opens in 1900 when Tom Grimwood as a boy leaves his family cottage carrying his trunk to take a job on a farm for a weekly wage of 2/6 plus keep.
Baku in the beginning of the 20th century, everyday life of Baku millionaires and life of workers, who earned their living with hard work in oilfields are shown in the film. Events in the film are unrolled against the background of Jalil’s destiny (performed by V.A.Lenin). Poor Jalil, who grew rich accidentally and became a rich oilman, became friends with Lutfali bey (performed by Huseyn Arablinski) - millionaire and oil magnate. Friendship with this person led Jalil not only to bankruptcy, but also to his total abolition. Unpreparedness of the poor man, who reached up to bourgeois life of the millionaire, is ended tragically.