The peaceful life of an exemplary collective farm is being rent asunder by shortages and dissent, and a commissar is sent to uncover the source of the problems, unaware that their is actual sabotage involved.
Director: Fridrikh Ermler
Director of Photography: Aleksandr Gintsburg
Writer: Fridrikh Ermler, Manuel Bolshintsov, Viktor Portnov
Commissar Nikolai Mironovich
Gerasim Platonovich
Varvara Nechayeva Plantinovichna
Yegor Nechayev, her brother
Grandfather Anisim
Volodka
Farm Secretary Matveyev
Mother Platonivichna