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.

Cast

Anna Sten

Maria, young farmer's wife

Ivan Koval-Samborskyi

Jacob

Vladimir Fogel

Anya's husband

Anel Sudakevich

Anya - Baron's married daughter

Sofya Yakovleva

Katarina

Pyotr Baksheyev

Doorman, butler

Mikhail Narokov

Belsky