Jacob, a farmer, returns from the war to his wife Marie and begs the landlord baron for a plot of land to rent. The Baron grants the request, but only for a barren, rocky, useless acreage. The pair struggle to make do on this land, but then the Baron demands that Maria leave her husband to serve as wet nurse to his married daughter Anya's new baby, on threat of eviction. While nursing the daughter's baby, Maria receives unwelcome attentions from the daughter's husband, and a scandal erupts, ruining Maria in her husband's eyes. When she escapes from her employers and seeks to return home, the police give her the yellow passport signifying a prostitute, further degrading her. She approaches home, unsure of the reception that awaits her.
Cast
Anna Sten
Maria, young farmer's wife
Ivan Koval-Samborskyi
Jacob
Sofya Yakovleva
Katerina
Mikhail Narokov
Belsky
Anel Sudakevich
Anya, Belsky's daughter
Vladimir Fogel
Anya's husband
Pyotr Baksheyev
Doorman
Nikolai Batalov
Maria's countryman
Sofya Levitina
Rich lady
Vera Maretskaya
Prostitute
Konstantin Gradopolov
Unknown
Porfiri Podobed
Unknown
Ivan Chuvelyov
Unknown
Mikhail Zharov
Visitor in the brothel
Varvara Alyokhina
(uncredited)
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Visitor in the brothel
Alexandr Gromov
Countryman (uncredited)
Vladimir Tsoppi
(uncredited)
Crew
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