Vasyl Krasenko

The film is based on V. Yurezanskyi’s novel The Missing Village about the struggle of Ukrainian Cossacks for their freedom during the reign of Catherine II. Free Cossacks from the village of Turbai in Poltava region, who were included in registers of Myrhorod Pact, suddenly find out that at the order of Catherine II they become the property of the Ukrainian landlord, pan Bazylevskyi. He treats Cossacks like his usual serfs. Cossacks ask the empress for help, but receive no reply. Then, they rebel and set Bazylevskyi’s estate on fire. The owner and his family die during the fire. The vengeance of the Russian empress is terrible, as dozens of Cossacks are beaten to death, and the village of Turbai is doomed to destruction. The film is lost.

Makar a passé des années à superviser le travail dans une ferme collective. Lorsqu'on lui demande de prendre sa retraite, c'est au fils de Makar de prendre les rênes. Mais les espoirs des ouvriers agricoles sont vite déçus, et c'est à Makar de redresser la barre.

En Ukraine, un vieillard, Semyon, meurt dans un verger. La collectivisation des terres crée des antagonismes dans le village, entre les anciens et les jeunes, les riches et les pauvres. Le jeune paysan Vassili, ardent communiste, démontre l'efficacité du nouveau tracteur tout en renversant le bornage des ex-propriétaires. Après avoir passé la nuit chez sa fiancée, son allégresse manifestée par la danse est brutalement interrompue par un coup de feu qui l'abat sur le chemin du retour.

How did Ivan Ivanovich quarrel with Ivan Nikiforovich? Ivan Ivanovich went to his bosom friend Ivan Nikiforovich, wishing to beg for the gun he liked. Yes, it didn’t work out. And in the heat of the argument, take Ivan Nikiforovich and call Ivan Ivanovich a gander. And take it and be angry. And what happened next ... Oh, what happened!