Timid old woman Pelageya Nilovna observes the revolutionary activities of her son Pavel Vlasov and gradually comes to realize that his cause is a great and noble one. She involves herself in the movement and finds joy and great courage in her new life as a revolutionary. Based on Gorky's novel, filmed in the silent era by Pudovkin.
Director: Mark Donskoy
Writer: Mark Donskoy, Nikolai Kovarsky
Director of Photography: Aleksey Mishurin
Producer: Boris Zholkov