Released:
1956-08-25

Overview:
A comedy about Krushchev's 'Virgin Lands' project, to transform the barren and inhospitable spaces of the vast Soviet Union into fertile agricultural plains. A classically Socialist-Realist narrative of an individual's 're-education'. Zhenia, a hapless idler, arrives with a band of enthusiastic young Konsomol members to build a new town in the steppe. Although his dream, like that of all the young participants, is 'to become a tractor driver and a hero', he isn't prepared to work for the honour.

Directors:
Aleksandr Medvedkin, Sergei Gurzo

Runtime:
1h 15min

Genre:
Drama, Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Sergei Gurzo
  as
  Zhenia Omega (Женька Омега)
• 
  Idris Nogajbayev
  as
  Idris (Идрис)
• 
  Nina Grebeshkova
  as
  Raia (Рая)
• 
  Mukhtar Bakhtygereev
• 
  Vladimir Boriskin
  as
  Filia (Филя, энтузиаст)