Pyotr, backward lad from poor village, comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists). Deceitful industrialist's son involves naive young man in an attempt to murder Bolshevik leader.
Pyotr, the country boy
Vasili, Bolshevik organizer
Industrialist Krutilov
Krutilov's son
Windy
Worker
Nikolay Ivanovich
One-eyed
One from Baku
The Girl
Worker
Local police
Worker
Worker
Worker
Worker
Nana
Young lady at the factory gate
