This ideologically charged film as a typical sample of Soviet version of history portrays the events in Ukraine in 1921 after the defeat of Ukrainian liberation struggle and the occupation of the country by invading Bolshevik hordes. The Bolsheviks are good guys and Ukrainian rebels refusing to submit to a new, this time Soviet, slavery are portrayed as bandits and brigands fighting against their own people.
Released: Jul 01, 1971
Runtime: 74 minutes
Stars: Kostiantyn Stepankov, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Fedir Panasenko, Boryslav Brondukov, Vladimir Skomarovsky, Larysa Kadochnykova
Crew: Boris Tarasenko (Screenplay), Mykola Mashchenko (Screenplay), Mykola Mashchenko (Director), Ivan Karabyts (Music), Oleg Martynov (Director of Photography), Yuriy Lybedynskyi (Novel)