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...
as Yurko Zhmenyak
as Ivan Zhmenyak
as Varka Zhmenyak
as Mykhaylo Zhmenyak
as Yulka Petrichka
as Olena
as Verona
as Pavlo Zhmenyak
as Stepan Zhmenyak
as Hanka
as Petro Bryla
as Petro Oliynyk
as Yurko Petrichka
as Yurko Petrichka's Wife
as Olena's Mother
as Mariya
as Vuyko Duvede
as Vuyko
as Stepan
as Stepan's Wife
as Villager
as Priest
as Ilko
as Vasyl Sosnyak
as episode
as Sosnyachka, Petro's mother
as episode
as Villager
as episode
as Vasyl Bryla
as Dancing Guy
as Narrator (voice)
