Commissar Nikolai Mironovich
Gerasim Platonovich
Varvara Nechayeva Plantinovichna
Yegor Nechayev, her brother
Grandfather Anisim
Volodka
Farm Secretary Matveyev
Mother Platonivichna
Kostya
Assistant chief of the politotdel
Petka, a boy
Villager
Collective farmer
Nyusha
Officer
The peaceful life of an exemplary collective farm is being rent asunder by shortages and dissent, and a commissar is sent to uncover the source of the problems, unaware that their is actual sabotage involved.