In the focus of the film is the fate of Varvara Basova, whose painfully soulless, philistine-gray existence, devoid of ideals and moral content. Relevant today, the picture sounds like a verdict to all who are mired in vulgarity, who have exchanged life for petty pleasures, profit, empty philosophizing.
| Writing | Boris Babochkin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maxim Gorky | Writer |
| Directing | Boris Babochkin | Director |
| Directing | Yelena Skachko | Director |