A bold study on the dangers of prostitution in the Soviet Union in the 1920s. It's sort of dramatic fiction that tells the story of Lyuba, which after irremediable events, loses his honor, being obliged to exercise the oldest profession in the world to survive. She hopes for better days and a new opportunity. The film also shows us the story of two other women who also need hope.

Vera Orlova
as Nadezhda Tyrkina

Vasili Yaroslavtsev
as Pyotr, Orlova's husband

Elisaveta Yarosh
as Lyuba

Olga Bonus
as Varvara

Ivan Lagutin
as Vasiliy Dmitrich, neighbour

Yevgenia Sheremetyeva
as Manya, prostitute

Aleksandr Ledashchev
as Shura, komsomol member

Yelizaveta Teplykh
as Matchmaker

Pavel Tamm
as Kondratyev, butcher

L. Krasina
as Birman, doctor