Release, runtime and language

1933 · 105 mins · Russian

Directed by

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Starring

Aleksandr Chistyakov, Vasili Kovrigin, Boris Livanov, Peter Golm, Dmitri Konsovsky

A wise, forgiving communist leader chooses to send the young worker Karl Renn as an international delegate to the Soviet Union, hoping his mission will restore his faith after Renn deserted a picket line and voiced doubts about the tactics of class struggle back home.