

Overview
Arriving in St. Petersburg in search of work, a peasant unwittingly aids in the arrest of an old friend who is now a labour leader. The unemployed man is arrested and sent to fight in the Great War. After three years, he returns to rebel.
Top Cast

Aleksandr Chistyakov
Worker

Vera Baranovskaya
Worker's wife

Ivan Chuvelyov
The Village Lad

Vladimir Obolenskiy
Lebedev, the manufacturer

Alexandr Gromov
The Bald Revolutionary
Sergei Komarov
District Police Chief
Maks Tereshkovich
Reporter
V. Chuvelyov
Village Lad's Friend among New Workers

Vladimir Tsoppi
Anti-German Patriot with Top Hat

Nikolai Khmelyov
Stock Broker
Mark Tsibulsky
Stock Broker

Vsevolod Pudovkin
German Officer
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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