The tragedy of a talented and strong woman who built the well-being of her family on blood and blood. And well-being turned out to be just as false...

Based on the play of the same name by I. Popov and L. Stepanov, staged by the State Academic Maly Theater of the USSR.

Two village boys - brothers Semyon and Pavel - serve a Moscow merchant-shopkeeper. They face harsh exploitation and hard forced labor. The brothers'...