An American circus performer finds herself the victim of racism after it is revealed that she's the mother of a mixed-race child. In the midst of the public scandal, she finds happiness, love, and refuge in the USSR.

Lyubov Orlova
as Marion Dixon

Vladimir Volodin
as Ludvig

Sergei Stolyarov
as Ivan Petrovich Martinov

Pavel Massalsky
as Franz von Kneishitz

Lev Sverdlin
as Cameo

Solomon Mikhoels
as Cameo

Yevgeniya Melnikova
as Rayechka

Fyodor Kurikhin
as Captain Borneo

Sergei Antimonov
as Shprekhshtalmejster (uncredited)

Pavel Geraga
as Cameo