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.
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
Arseni Kuts
horseman
Daniil Vvedenskiy
Butylochkin
Anna Yegorova
Nykanor’s wife
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.
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