Mr. RADCLIFF dreams of a communist society, and has his brain-washed his daughter into going along with him. He thrives for it. So he jumps at the chance to teach in EAST Germany and move his family there. From the beginning with the BORDER GUARDS laffing at him for moving there you see a mans dreams crash before him.
In ENGLAND he was the head of the family. His doting wife a meek homemaker, takes to wheeling and dealing to survive in a communist country. She consorts with smugglers, extortionists, soldiers and other assorted outcasts of communist society. His youngest daughter a comrade in the COMMUNIST lifestyle takes to spying on the family, and turning them in for infractions. His brother in-law a subservient to him gets some back-bone and tells him off lets him have it about certain communist heroes he had. his oldest daughter a counter-culture and a hoe, finds herself and looses her free spirit.
Mr. RADLIFF himself starts to realize that a big part of communist society is keeping out western influences as his students are being dragged away for asking about mayonnaise (something he refers as caviar for the poor). Neighbords are dragged away for simple infractions. the dream of everyone helping each other for the greater good are dashed as no-one does anything unless they're getting paid.
That being said his wife and the neighbor lady had some big-uns.
In ENGLAND he was the head of the family. His doting wife a meek homemaker, takes to wheeling and dealing to survive in a communist country. She consorts with smugglers, extortionists, soldiers and other assorted outcasts of communist society. His youngest daughter a comrade in the COMMUNIST lifestyle takes to spying on the family, and turning them in for infractions. His brother in-law a subservient to him gets some back-bone and tells him off lets him have it about certain communist heroes he had. his oldest daughter a counter-culture and a hoe, finds herself and looses her free spirit.
Mr. RADLIFF himself starts to realize that a big part of communist society is keeping out western influences as his students are being dragged away for asking about mayonnaise (something he refers as caviar for the poor). Neighbords are dragged away for simple infractions. the dream of everyone helping each other for the greater good are dashed as no-one does anything unless they're getting paid.
That being said his wife and the neighbor lady had some big-uns.