The struggle of an honest, innovative plant breeder against bureaucrats.
as Makar Nechay
as Galya
as Panas Timofeyich
as Aleksey Adamov
as Academician Stepan Olenin
as Natalya Stakhova, Adamov's aspirant
as Ilya Vladimirov, graduate student
as Professor Ivan Gorskiy
as Professor Ivan Golovin
as American lady (uncredited)
as Trofim (uncredited)
