Pyotr, backward lad 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). Deceitful industrialist's son involves naive young man in an attempt to murder Bolshevik leader.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Boris PoslavskyPyotr, the country boy | Pyotr, the country boy |
 Ivan ShtraukhVasili, Bolshevik organizer | Vasili, Bolshevik organizer |
 Yuri Korvin-KrukovskyIndustrialist Krutilov | Industrialist Krutilov |
 Boris FeodosyevKrutilov's son | Krutilov's son |
 Boris TeninWindy | Windy |
 Boris ChirkovWorker | Worker |
 Nikolai MichurinNikolay Ivanovich | Nikolay Ivanovich |
| KKonstantin NazarenkoOne-eyed | One-eyed |
 Nikoloz ShengelaiaOne from Baku | One from Baku |
| NNatalya RazumovaThe Girl | The Girl |
 Fedor SlavskiWorker | Worker |
| NN. SholkovskiyLocal police | Local police |
 Leonid KmitWorker | Worker |
 Pyotr LobanovWorker | Worker |
 Ivan SavelyevWorker | Worker |
 Stepan KayukovWorker | Worker |
| IIvan SelianinNot listed | Not listed |
| KKonstantin ZyubkoNot listed | Not listed |
| NNatalya RostovaNana | Nana |
 Sergei PonachevnyNot listed | Not listed |
 Yevgeniya PyryalovaYoung lady at the factory gate | Young lady at the factory gate |