A loose Communist adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novel. The serf Egor Efimov, a talented violinist, dreams of true art. Released by his landlord, he goes to the capital. But cold, bureaucratic St. Petersburg quickly destroys his illusions.
Boris Dobronravov
Yegor Yefimov, violinist
Kseniya Tarasova
Nastenka
Lyubov Orlova
Grushenka
Anatoli Goryunov
Schultz
Lev Fenin
Valemirov, landowner
Igor Doronin
Student