安德烈（Sergei Romodanov 饰）出生于钢铁世家中，家里世世代代都靠炼钢为生。虽然已经有了妻子奥里亚（玛琳娜·拉德尼娜 Marina Ladynina 饰），但安德烈还是爱上了另一个名叫伊伦的女人。伊伦无法再忍受这段偷偷摸摸的地下恋情了，在她的威逼利诱之下，安德烈只得跟妻子摊牌。
丈夫的不忠令奥里亚感到非常的震惊，也很愤怒，几经思量，她决定同丈夫离婚。安德烈的出轨事迹在当地传开了，为了逃脱这令人窒息的感情纠葛，安德烈自愿加入了前往北方修建铁路的队伍中去，那里的工作和生活条件都异常的艰苦。这种苦行僧式的生活渐渐让安德烈的头脑清醒了过来，明白了谁才是自己最重要的人。

His right hand having been wounded during the war, concert pianist Andrei Balashov is unable to perform his art. As a result, the young man feels so depressed that he considers his life wasted. One day, he decides to leave the capital and flee from the woman he loves, Natasha, a rising singing star. Andrei takes refuge in Siberia, his native land. Once there, he gets a job in a sawmill, where he entertains his fellow-workers playing the accordion during leisure hours. Some time later, Natasha and her company are expected in America where they are to do a tour. But an airplane breakdown forces the pilot to land next to the village in which Andrei lives and works...

讲述了以吴雅和毕百灵为代表的库班新苏维埃集体农庄的农民们热爱劳动，热爱祖国，歌唱爱情与幸福的故事。影片中最成功的插曲有四首：《丰收之歌》《从前你这样》《红莓花儿开》和《歌唱幸福》。
国内有配音版：
【译制出品】长春电影制片厂（东影，1950）
【配音演员】孙忠志 薛挽澜 向隽殊 彭勃 从连文等

1958 Russian film directed by Ivan Pyryev