Soviet Russia, the Volga, in 1921. Do not have time otgremet battle of civil war, as a new calamity overtook a young Soviet republics. The drought dried up the land of the Volga. Cereal crop failure led to mass starvation. Soviet power was not in a position to help poor farmers.To save his mother and younger brothers f…

阿丰尼亚是个孤儿从小在农村生活，中学毕业后却被分配去技校，当上了水管工。工作让他觉得无趣，于是他酗酒、旷工，到处惹是生非。情场失意，还险些被单位开除。没有人能让他改过自新，他抛下一切，想回农村过简单纯粹的生活……

根据卡达耶夫的同名小说改编。

根据马雅可夫斯基同名电影改编。作曲德米特里·肖斯塔科维奇，指挥马克西姆·肖斯塔科维奇。