The first film in a duology based on the biography of Latvian revolutionary Jānis Fabricius. Mārtiņš Venta, the son of a forest ranger, enrolls in a Riga gymnasium and becomes an underground activist, while his classmate, Dace, a teacher's daughter, is expelled from the Riga school for singing the revolutionary song Kā gulbji balti padebeši iet. Dace becomes an actress, but Mārtiņš is drafted into the tsar's army. He refuses to participate in the shooting of a workers' demonstration and is sentenced to exile, but before his deportation, Mārtiņš is allowed to marry Dace in prison.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Valdemārs ZandbergsMārtiņš | Mārtiņš |
 Vija ArtmaneDace | Dace |
 Jānis KubilisAlberts | Alberts |
 Karps Klētnieksārsts | ārsts |
 Astrīda GulbeNot listed | Not listed |
 Juris LejaskalnsNot listed | Not listed |
 Zigrīda StungureNot listed | Not listed |
 Lidija FreimaneNot listed | Not listed |
| AAustra BaldoneNot listed | Not listed |
 Jānis OsisNot listed | Not listed |
 Arturs DimitersNot listed | Not listed |
 Pēteris CepurnieksNot listed | Not listed |
 Žanis PriekulisNot listed | Not listed |
 Milda KlētnieceNot listed | Not listed |
 Hermanis VazdiksNot listed | Not listed |
 Martinsh VerdinshNot listed | Not listed |
 Oļģerts KrastiņšNot listed | Not listed |
 Karlis SebrisNot listed | Not listed |
 Harijs LiepiņšNot listed | Not listed |
 Žanis KopštālsNot listed | Not listed |
| EEdgars GirgensonsNot listed | Not listed |