Penny
The story of a young servant girl who comes to work on the construction site of a large-scale industrial settlement. She decides to embark on an independent life, runs away from her foster parents, gets on a train and sets out to earn money. Modest and shy, she joins the factory’s group of “Stakhanovites” and soon makes new comrades. Her coworkers accept her into their team.
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