The central character of the play, Fedor Protasov, is tormented by the belief that his wife Liza has never really chosen between him and the more conventional Victor Karenin, a rival for her hand. He wants to kill himself, but doesn't have the nerve. Running away from his life, he first falls in with Gypsies, and into a sexual relationship with a Gypsy singer, Masha.

• Mezhrabpomfilm
• Prometheus-Film-Verleih
• Vsevolod Pudovkin
• Maria Jacobini
• Viola Garden
• Julia Serda
• Nato Vachnadze
• Gustav Diessl