The Precious Seed

Plot

Fifth-year journalism student Antonina Uvarova is sent to a collective farm to complete her diploma project—publishing three issues of a district newspaper titled For a High Yield. In her first issue, she hastily praises a combine operator named Yashkin and mocks the farm's agronomist, Arkhipov. However, she soon learns that Yashkin is in fact a careless worker who leaves behind significant grain losses in the fields. He is supported by the chairman of the district executive committee, Korolyov, whose priority is harvesting as quickly as possible to report high performance, win awards, and gain recognition—regardless of waste. In contrast, Arkhipov insists on minimizing losses and harvesting the crops conscientiously.

With the help of Ivashin, the district party committee secretary, Uvarova gradually uncovers the deeper conflict between Arkhipov and Korolyov. Over time, her sympathies shift toward the principled agronomist, with whom she eventually develops a romantic relationship.

Cast

Galina Kozhakina as Antonina Uvarova, student, newspaper editor

Boris Zhukovsky as Korolyov, chairman of the district executive committee

Oleg Zhakov as Ivashin, district party committee secretary

Pavel Kadochnikov as Ivan Arkhipov, agronomist

Vasili Vanin

Valentina Telegina

Pyotr Aleynikov

Rostislav Plyatt

Pavel Olenev

Olga Aroseva

Sergey Filippov

Lyudmila Shabalina

Nikolai Dorokhin

Vladimir Kazarinov

Aleksandr Melnikov

Viktor Khokhryakov

Sergey Filippov

Tatyana Pelttser