Plot
Two village boys - brothers Semyon and Pavel - serve a Moscow merchant-shopkeeper. They face harsh exploitation and hard forced labor. The brothers' life paths diverge. Unable to withstand the merchant's bullying, Pavel goes to the factory, becomes a worker, and later a professional revolutionary. Semyon remains in service. In the post-revolutionary period, Semyon, having been to the front and returning to the village, joined the kulaks, brutally dealt with representatives of the Soviet government, becoming the head of a gang of “badgers” hiding in the forests. A Red Army detachment led by Pavel is sent to fight the bandits...
Writer | Leonid Leonov |
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Director | Viktor Ryzhkov & Lidiya Ishimbaeva |
Actor | Lev Zolotukhin, Afanasi Kochetkov, Sergey Yeremeyev |
Country | Soviet Union |
Production | Main editorial board of literary and dramatic programs Central Television USSR |