Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.
Yelena Smirnova
Manetschka / Mary
Nina Kosljaninowa
Manetschka as a child
Mikhail Salarov
Viktor Krawzow
Arseniy Bibikov
Kramskoi, his friend
Emma Bauer
The dancer
Leonid Jost
The lackey
Lidiya Tridenskaya
The washerwoman
Seamstress Mary dreams of a better life outside a sweatshop. Her dreams come true when she draws the attention of the bourgeois Victor. She soon tires of him, and thanks to her, his money is almost gone. When he suggests settling down outside the big city, where his money could be enough for a modest living, she leaves him and picks up a new lover. A year later, he is living in a shabby, cold hovel, still pining away for her.
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