How does Counterplan end?

In the final act ("Triumph of Collective Labor"): The workers apply an innovative technical solution to fix the design flaw. The turbine passes rigorous tests, leading to a joyous celebration and Babchenko's political transformation.

Counterplan (1932) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Counterplan
Genre: drama
Released: 1932
Rating: 5

Plot Analysis Summary

A Soviet industrial drama about a worker overcoming personal flaws and technical sabotage to successfully produce a critical hydraulic turbine.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Weight of the First Plan

Scandal and Strategic Shift

Uncovering Sabotage

Triumph of Collective Labor

The story of an effort to catch "wreckers" at work in a Soviet factory. The film’s title-song called "The Song of the Counterplan", composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, became world famous and was adapted into "Au-devant de la vie", a notable song of the French socialist movement of the 1930s.

Directed by

Sergei Yutkevich, Fridrikh Ermler

Key Cast

Vladimir Gardin — Babchenko
Mariya Blyumental-Tamarina — Babchikha
Tatyana Guretskaya — Katya
Andrei Abrikosov — Pavel
Boris Tenin — Vasya

Rating: 5/10 (10 votes)