Based on the short story by A. P. Chekhov. Beggar 18-year-old beauty Anna marries a rich 52-year-old official to help her father and brothers. After the death of the mother, the father drinks, the brothers go hungry. For the sake of her relatives, she is ready for anything, even to become the wife of an elderly, rude, vulgar and hated Modest Alexeyevich.
| Directing | Isidor Annensky | Director |
| Writing | Anton Chekhov | Writer |
| Writing | Isidor Annensky | Screenplay |
| Art | Aleksandr Dikhtyar | Production Design |
| Editing | Raisa Shor | Editor |
| Sound | Dmitri Flyangolts | Sound |
| Sound | Lev Shvarts | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Konstantin Urbetis | Costume Design |
| Camera | George Reysgof | Camera Operator |
| Camera | George Reysgof | Director of Photography |