Overview

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.

Top Cast

Anna Sten

Maria, young farmer's wife

Ivan Koval-Samborskiy

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

Porfiri Podobed