
Soviet "proletarian" film about anti-war strike at St Petersburg factory, 1914. Resembles Pudovkin's classic "End of St. Petersburg," made 4 years earlier: backward lad (Poslavsky) from poor village comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists). The Bolshevik strikers are led by Ivan Shtraukh (brother of the more famous Russian actor Maxim Shtraukh). At first, the deceitful industrialist's son (Fedosev) involves the naive Poslavsky in an attempt to murder Shtraukh, but the attempt only wounds the heroic organizer. Will Poslavsky follow through with the planned killing, or will he redeem himself by going over to the side of the strikers?

as Pyotr, the country boy

as Vasili, Bolshevik organizer

as Industrialist Krutilov

as Krutilov's son

as Windy

as Worker

as Nikolay Ivanovich

as One-eyed

as One from Baku

as The Girl

as Worker

as Local police

as Worker

as Worker

as Worker

as Worker



as Nana


as Young lady at the factory gate