The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Jacob, a farmer, returns from the war to his wife Marie and begs the landlord baron for a plot of land to rent. The Baron grants the request, but only for a barren, rocky, useless acreage. The pair struggle to make do on this land, but then the Baron demands that Maria leave her husband to serve as wet nurse to his married daughter Anya's new baby, on threat of eviction. While nursing the daughter's baby, Maria receives unwelcome attentions from the daughter's husband, and a scandal erupts, ruining Maria in her husband's eyes. When she escapes from her employers and seeks to return home, the police give her the yellow passport signifying a prostitute, further degrading her. She approaches home, unsure of the reception that awaits her.
Ratings
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Fyodor OtsepDirector
- Fyodor OtsepWriter
Cast
- Anna StenMaria, young farmer's wife
- Ivan Koval-SamborskiyJacob
- Sofya YakovlevaKaterina
- Mikhail NarokovBelsky
- Anel SudakevichAnya, Belsky's daughter
- Vladimir FogelAnya's husband
- Pyotr BaksheyevDoorman
- Nikolai BatalovMaria's countryman
- Sofya LevitinaRich lady
- Vera MaretskayaProstitute
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