About
The main protagonists of the film are Katya (Varvara Popova), the daughter of a factory worker and Andrey (Ivan Koval-Samborsky), the son of the former owner of the factory who illegally returns to the USSR to find treasures hidden by his father. The film title refers to the Communist party's appeal, after Lenin's death, to enlarge its membership.
Cast
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Varvara Popova
Katya Sushkova
M
Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina
Katya's grandmother
I
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Andrey, factory worker
O
Olga Zhizneva
Lulu
A
Anatoli Ktorov
Vladimir Zaglobin, cynical emigrant
V
Vera Maretskaya
Varya
A
Alexander Geirot
Candidate for the throne
M
Mikhail Zharov
Factory worker
T
Tatyana Mukhina
Little girl
N
Nikolai Prozorovsky
Factory worker
Y
Yakov Rykov
Yevstigneich, kulak
N
Nikolai Gladkov
(uncredited)
N
Naum Rogozhin
Emigrant (uncredited)