There is hunger in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. One day while dim-witted peasant Sergei is searching corpses for food, he meets a young woman looking for the town of Novokursk. She asks Sergei to help her get there, and to tell anyone they might meet that he is her husband.
as Sergei
as Countess Tatiana Alexandrova
as Dimitri
as Mrs. Gaidaroff
as Vladimir Gaidaroff
as Ivan
as Butler
as Russian Officer (uncredited)
as Military Commandant at Novokursk (uncredited)
as Peasant Who Robs Tatiana (uncredited)
as Outlaw Peasant in Cabin (uncredited)
as Man Taking Sergei to Ivan (uncredited)
as Russian Soldier (uncredited)
as Cossack Whipping Sergei (uncredited)