1928 · Yakov Protazanov · 58 min
The vain station master of a Russian train station out in the sticks has a quarrel with an old peasant woman and has her thrown in jail. The local party youth organisation finally manage to get her released, after having to cut through lots of red tape.
Mariya Blyumental-TamarinaPelagia DyominaAnatoliy Bykov'Don Diego', stationmaster
Vladimir MikhaylovPelagia's husbandI. LevkoyevaKomsomol member
Ivan YudinMisha, komsomol member
Vladimir PopovVillage council caretaker
Osip BrikSpeaker on the dangers of bureaucracy
Alexandr GromovRegistration and distribution official
Daniil VvedenskiyWatchman
Mikhail ZharovMikhail Zharov
Yelena TyapkinaPriestess
Ivan PelttserOU secretary
Vera MaretskayaWoman in the courtroomAndrei Gorchilin(uncredited)
Nikolay IvakinKomsomol member, cooperative vendor (uncredited)