The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Leonid LukovDirector
- Aleksandr AvdeyenkoWriter
Cast
- Aleksandr AntonovHarbuz, local revolutionary
- Aleksandr ChistyakovNykanor, the old miner
- Ivan ChuvelyovOstap, Nykanor's son
- Vladimir Gardinmine owner
- Gulya KorolyovaVarka, Ostap's daughter
- Nataliia UzhviiHorpyna, Ostap's wife
- Arseni Kutshorseman
- Daniil VvedenskiyButylochkin
- Anna YegorovaNykanor’s wife
- Vera ShershnyovaNastia
- Leonid KulakovSerenka, worker
- Lavrenti Masokhaservant