
In a Kazakh village at the beginning of Soviet power, a wealthy kulak (landowner) voluntarily denounces his opposition to the new regime and hands over his large home to be a new school for the children of the villagers. But three people in the village have difficulty believing that their class enemy is now their friend.
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Cast

Mikhail Narokov
Yepifan Okatov

Andrei Abrikosov
Innolentiy Okatov

Boris Tenin
Roman Kargapolov, former shepherd

Emma Tsesarskaya
Feshka

Marina Ladynina
Linka

Nikolai Plotnikov
Larya
Khakim Davletbekov
Ablai

Pyotr Repnin
Buteshkin

Alexandr Gromov
Onisim

Ivan Bobrov
Pikulin

Nikolai Vitovtov
Klyushkin (uncredited)

Yakov Rykov
Klyushkin’s brother (uncredited)
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