198 minutes
1/1/1987
The film tells the story of the difficult and tragic fate of a Prykarpattia family over several generations. The events take place in the difficult 30s and 40s. Zhmeniak's father tries to gather more land in his possession by all means. But not everyone understands that he will divide all that land between his children when it comes time to die anyway, and they are simply jealous of his possessions. Meanwhile, the children have their own dramas and tragedies, because it's one thing to love someone, and another thing to know what the father thinks about it, and who he sees as wives for his sons. And then there are changes of government, and then there is the war...
Les Serdyuk
as Ivan Zhmenyak
Nataliia Naum
as Varka Zhmenyak
Dmitri Matveyev
as Mykhaylo Zhmenyak
Vladimir Nekrasov
as Yurko Zhmenyak
Lyubov Polekhina
as Yulka Petrichka
Olga Bogachyova
as Olena
Nina Kolchina-Bun
as Verona
Ivan Mykolaichuk
as Pavlo Zhmenyak
Ostap Stupka
as Stepan Zhmenyak
Halyna Moroz
as Hanka
Anatoli Mateshko
as Petro Bryla
Volodymyr Talashko
as Petro Oliynyk
Stanislav Korenev
as Yurko Petrichka
Nina Antonova
as Yurko Petrichka's Wife
Iryna Bunina
as Olena's Mother
Olga Mateshko
as Mariya
Grigoriy Grumberg
as Vuyko Duvede
Konstiantin Artyomenko
as Vuyko
Viktor Panchenko
as Stepan
Valentyna Masenko
as Stepan's Wife
Nikolay Oleynik
as Villager
Dmitriy Mirgorodskiy
as Priest
Oleksiy Horbunov
as Ilko
Anatoli Barchuk
as Vasyl Sosnyak
Agafya Bolotova
as episode
Galina Dolgozvyaga
as Sosnyachka, Petro's mother
Mykola Marchenko
as episode
Yosyp Naiduk
as Villager
Valentin Chernyak
as episode
Taras Kirejko
as Vasyl Bryla
Taras Denysenko
as Dancing Guy
Bohdan Stupka
as Narrator (voice)
Valeriy Nakonechnyy