"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
as Yegor Yefimov, violinist
Kseniya Tarasova
as Nastenka
Lyubov Orlova
as Grushenka
Anatoli Goryunov
as Schultz
Lev Fenin
as Valemirov, landowner
Igor Doronin
as Student
Ivan Kudryavtsev
as Ivan Vasilyev
Sergei Vecheslov
as Tavern visitor
Antonin Pankryshev
as Gendarme
Leonid Yurenyov
as His Excellency
Aleksandr Kostomolotsky
as Entrepreneur
Naum Rogozhin
as
D. Tarasov
Yakov Rykov
Tatyana Barysheva
as Provincial actress (uncredited)
Antonina Maksimova
as Nihilistic student (uncredited)
Georgi Millyar
as Gossip teller (uncredited)
Sofya Levitina
as (uncredited)
Serafim Koziminsky
as Student / Convict
Georgy Bobynin
as Official (uncredited)
Nikolay Trofimov
Grigori Merlinskiy
Mykola Nademskyi
as Old jew (uncredited)
Grigoriy Roshal
Director
Vera Stroyeva
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novel
Serafima Roshal
Writer
Dmitriy Feldman
Director of Photography
Yosyp Shpinel
Production Design
Pyotr Beitner
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Original Music Composer
Nikolai Kryukov
Sound Director
A. Yermolov
Makeup & Hair
Yeva Ladyzhenskaya
Editor
Music
P. Pavlov
Sound
Semyon Sheynin
Assistant Camera
Raisa Lukina
Sound Assistant
Yakov Kharon