Oliver Twist's life is hard and desperate one. His mother is dead, so he is brought up in a workhouse. Beaten and starved he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin's gang of pickpockets to survive. Will the boy manage to find a real home in such a merciless world?

Oliver Twist's life is hard and desperate. His mother died, so he is raised in an orphanage. Beaten and starving, he flees to London, where he joins Fagin's gang of pickpockets to survive. Will the boy manage to find a real home in this unforgiving world?