About the movie: year - 1978 / 2 hours 25 min drama / Plot of the movie "FIST": Events the movie takes place in America during the Great Depression. People are losing their jobs in droves and joining the mafia and criminal gangs because they don't see other ways to make money. Only Johnny Kovak doesn't want to join the mafia. He joins a union to fight for his rights. Johnny can speak fluently and persuasively, so people readily follow him. Soon thousands of workers joined unions under the banner of Kovak. "The Fist" is a social drama about the formation of labor unions in America, based on the biography of Johnny Hoffa.