Theatrical release: 1971
DVD release: 2001
Sound formats: Dolby Digital 5.1
Language(s): Russian, English, French
Subtitles: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Japanese
Format: Widescreen
Genre(s): Action


Director:
Viktor Tregubovich

Script:
Viktor Tregubovich, Yurij Klepikov

Camera:
Evgenij Mezentsev

Music:
Georgij Portnov

Cast:
Yurij Nazarov, Fedor Odinokov, Mikhail Kokshenov, Yurij Solomin, Vitalij Solomin, Lyubov’ Malinovskaya, Viktor Pavlov, Boris Arakelov, Arkadij Trusov, Petr Shelokhonov, Vera Kuznetsova, Vasilij Shukshin, Efim Kopelyan, Yurij Dubrovin

Art Director:
Grach’ya Mekinyan

Sound producer:
Irina Chernyakhovskaya


●　A chronicle of life in a small village in the Baikal Region on the eve of World War I and at the time of the October Revolution. The age-old foundations are crumbling, the process of social stratification is underway and, as a result, some people go to defend the revolution, and others - to fight against it. The main hero is the young Cossack Roman Ulybin. At first, this carefree daredevil is preoccupied only with one problem: whether his sweetheart, Dashutka, is to marry him or a merchant’s son, Alyoshka. Roman is killing time fist-fighting with his rival. But little by little, the young man realizes that the world around him has changed, that people are fighting for equality and social justice, and, being a real Cossack, he can’t remain on the sidelines…