100.000.000 peasants – illiterate, poor, hungry. There comes a day when one woman decides that she can live the old life no longer. Using ways of new Soviet state and industrial progress, she changes the lives and labours of her village.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| MMarfa LapkinaMarfa | Marfa |
| MM. IvaninMarfa's son | Marfa's son |
| KKonstantin VasilyevTractor Driver | Tractor Driver |
| VVasili BuzenkovSecretary of the milk cooperative | Secretary of the milk cooperative |
| NNezhnikovMiroshkin - Schoolmaster | Miroshkin - Schoolmaster |
| CChukamaryevThe butcher | The butcher |
 Ivan YudinKomsomolets | Komsomolets |
| EE. SuharevaWitch | Witch |
| GG. MatveiPriest | Priest |
| LLev IvanovStudent (uncredited) | Student (uncredited) |
 Mikhail GomorovNot listed | Not listed |
| VVyacheslav GomolyakaNot listed | Not listed |