The film begins at a demonstration in at the
Soviet Embassy in London. A voice-over claims the footage shows a "petty Zionist agent ... recruited and paid 5 pounds to each of the demonstrators from the Zionist treasury." In reality, the footage is of a 1972 demonstration in front of the embassy on behalf of the pregnant Lyudmila Prussakova, whose petition to emigrate to Israel had been repeatedly denied. The demonstration, organized by British actresses
Hayley Mills and Barbara Oberman, was triggered by the
Bernard Levin's
Times column, which reported on Prussakova's state. The film reflected the
anti-Zionist ideology prevalent in Soviet propaganda. In particular, the film accuses Zionism of cooperation with Nazi Germany during the
Holocaust and on the killing of the indigenous peoples in the Soviet Union. In the film, Zionist organizations are subversive, their activities directed against the Soviet Union and other countries. The film also reflects the
antisemitic canard about the "Zionist" owners of multinational corporations. == Criticism ==