1914, Imperial Russia. A group of Ukrainian peasants searching for a better life in the Taurida steppe end up working at the landholding of the aristocratic Falz-Fein family. Friends Vustya and Hanna are courted by a revolutionary and the landowner's son, both rising their hopes and dreams.
Cast
Yuri Maksimov
Leonid Bronnikov
Olga Lysenko
Vustya
Larisa Shepitko
Hanna
Natalya Gitserot
Sofya Falz-Fein
Lev Perfilov
Woldemar
Mariya Kapnist
Hegumeness
Ivan Ryzhov
Mokeich
Dmytro Kapka
dedushka Levko
Mykyta Ilchenko
Unknown
Vasyl Kozenko
Unknown
Kostiantyn Mukhutdinov
Unknown
Dmitriy Kostenko
Proshka
Galina Ilyina
Olga Ivanovna
Aleksey Maksimov
Gustav Avgustovich
Aleksandr Gumburg
Tsybulya
Andrii Ivanchenko
Old Omelko
Crew
Yurii Lysenko
Director, Screenplay
N. Orlova
Script Editor
Oles Honchar
Screenplay, Novel
S. Teslenko
Editor
Volodymyr Voitenko
Director of Photography
A. Tumilovich
First Assistant Director
Boris Zelenetski
First Assistant Director
L. Kolesnik
Assistant Director
Davyd Yanover
Executive Producer
Aleksey Bobrovnikov
Production Design
B. Myasnik
Assistant Camera
Nina Tumina
Costume Design
M. Shemyakin
Makeup Artist
Andrei Gruzov
Sound Director
Heorhiy Mayboroda
Original Music Composer
Andrey Malyshko
Lyricist
Venyamin Tolba
Conductor
