The year 1929. A “shock worker” from a tractor plant visits a film studio premises and is furious to see fake stage designs for a kitsch production about a Soviet life. He refuses to help the crew with his tractor, but is happy to ask one of the cameramen to go with him to visit an actual Soviet village. There they witness the birth of the kolkhoz and the dekulakization of wealthy villagers. Then they are transported to the future, to the year 1932, when the first five-year plan is done and the commune-sovkhoz is established. Movies can move faster than time, but the pace of change in Soviet society is even faster than that.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Mykola NademskyiMurugiy / Old man | Murugiy / Old man |
 Semyon SvashenkoHero of labour | Hero of labour |
| OOleksii KharlamovDetsyuk, kulak | Detsyuk, kulak |
 Ivan TverdokhlibMontetsuk, peasant | Montetsuk, peasant |
 Vladimir ChuvelyovBidoga, middleman | Bidoga, middleman |
| IIvan SizovKolkhoz worker | Kolkhoz worker |
| PP. KostenkoKulak's supporter | Kulak's supporter |
| GG. RostovPriest | Priest |
 Oksana PodlesnayaPeasant woman | Peasant woman |
 Ivan FrankoKobzar | Kobzar |
| TT. KochkinaOld peasant woman | Old peasant woman |
| SStepan VasyutinskiyKapulenko, peasant | Kapulenko, peasant |
| VV. KomaretskyiPriest in prologue | Priest in prologue |
| AA. BelovKulak in prologue | Kulak in prologue |
| NNatalya ChernyshyovaKulak's daughter | Kulak's daughter |
| NN. KreminskiyRenter | Renter |
| EElena ChernovaWoman worker | Woman worker |
| IIrina ChuvelyovaKatya | Katya |
 Boris ZavelevCamera operator | Camera operator |
| AAnton KlimenkoNot listed | Not listed |