Based on the novel by Vasiliy Shukshin "The Lyubavines". In the winter of 1922, the Rodionovs, Vasiliy Platonovich and his nephew Kuzma, came to the remote Siberian village of Baklan, disguised as teachers sent from the district center to organize and build a school. In fact, this is an old Bolshevik and a young worker, authorized by the GPU, and their main task is to find out the whereabouts of a large and very dangerous gang, led by a former Kolchak officer, who instills fear in local residents.
as Kuzma
as Mariya
as Yegor
as Klavdiya
as Vasiliy Platonovich
as Yemelyan Lyubavin
as Zakrevskiy
as Makar
as Yashka
as Grinka
as Fedya
as Yelizar
as Agafya
as Sergei Fyodorovich
as Mikhailovna
as chief of the ChK
as police chief
as chekist
as peasant
as Nyura
as investigator (uncredited)
