The film is based on I. Nechui-Levystkyi’s work The Bargewoman. From dawn till dusk from early childhood, Vasylyna has been working on Pan Jastrzebski’s fields. The young nobleman likes the beautiful girl, and she starts working in his home as a maid. Vasylyna’s happiness does not last long: the man marries a girl of his social class. Vasylyna’s fiancé Vasyl, who feels insulted because of her unfaithfulness, instigates guys to cut off the braid of the landlord’s mistress. Vasylyna runs away from the village and hides from people. Soon, she gives birth to a child who dies shortly. Female workers from a factory find barely alive Vasylyna and help her become a weaver. Vasylyna starts a new life.
as Jastrzebski, a landlord
as Vasylyna, a young rural girl
as Vasyl, a young rural guy
as Jadwiga, his aunt
as Jozefa
as a maid
as an office keeper
as the landlord’s housekeeper
as Jastrzebski’s household manager
as Odarka, an old rural woman
as a cook
as Chrzanowski, a young landlord
as Krushynskyi, a young landlord
as Moshnytskyi, Jastrzebski’s friend
