It is a social drama that focuses on a peasant village dealing with the struggle of young Komsomol members against old ways of living. The story heavily features themes of combating religious superstitions, prejudices, and a parasitic, phony shaman who exploits uneducated workers with fake medical cures.
Mstislav Kotelnikov
Fyodor Rubakin, Red army soldier
Aleksandr Zhukov
Yashka Bukhvalov
Ivan Kachalov
Yashka's father
Sofya Yakovleva
Grunya Klimova
Tatyana Barysheva
Peasant girl, Grunya's friend
Vasiliy Aristov
Yeryomka
Nadezhda Kovalyova
Lusha, Fyodor's wife
A. Otradin
Stepan Yelimov
Konstantin Efimov
Lyagaviy, street beggar
Aleksandr Andreyev
Kudimych, miller
