Overview
Russian Empire, 19th century. Poor Nykanor leaves his village and becomes a miner in the Donbas. His son Ostap also becomes a miner and works in the mine for thirty years, but after his father's sudden dismissal, he realizes that the state system needs radical changes.
Cast
- Aleksandr Antonov as Harbuz, local revolutionary
- Aleksandr Chistyakov as Nykanor, the old miner
- Ivan Chuvelyov as Ostap, Nykanor's son
- Vladimir Gardin as mine owner
- Gulya Korolyova as Varka, Ostap's daughter
- Nataliia Uzhvii as Horpyna, Ostap's wife
- Arseni Kuts as horseman
- Daniil Vvedenskiy as Butylochkin
- Anna Yegorova as Nykanor’s wife
- Vera Shershnyova as Nastia