Overview

Russian Empire, 19th century. Poor Nykanor leaves his village and becomes a miner in the Donbas. His son Ostap also becomes a miner and works in the mine for thirty years, but after his father's sudden dismissal, he realizes that the state system needs radical changes.

Top Cast

Aleksandr Antonov

Harbuz, local revolutionary

Aleksandr Chistyakov

Nykanor, the old miner

Ivan Chuvelyov

Ostap, Nykanor's son

Vladimir Gardin

mine owner

Gulya Korolyova

Varka, Ostap's daughter

Nataliia Uzhvii

Horpyna, Ostap's wife

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Arseni Kuts

horseman

Daniil Vvedenskiy

Butylochkin