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
as Manetschka / Mary
Nina Kosljaninowa
as Manetschka as a child
Michael Salarow
as Viktor Krawzow
Арсений Бибиков
as Kramskoi, his friend
Emma Bauer
as The dancer
Leonid Jost
as The lackey
Lidiya Tridenskaya
as The washerwoman
