
Based on the play of the same name by the Uzbek poet, playwright, and composer Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi. Exposing the feudal way of life, the wealthy landowners (bais), the clergy, and Tsarist officials, the film depicts the awakening of class consciousness among working Uzbeks.

as Gafur

as Jamilya

as Salikhbai

as Rakhimahola

as Kholmat, bai's servant

as Khodzhiona

as Poshooim

as Khonzadahon

as Gulbahor

as County chief

as Aleksey, revolutionary

as Kadyrkul

as Judge

as Imam

as Ellikbashi

as Gafur's friend

as Gafur's friend

as Gafur's friend

as (uncredited)