Episodic story of the resistance to the German invasion of Ukraine in 1918 during World War I, and made as an example of the guerrilla warfare and fierce spirit in which Ukrainian peasants were again resisting Teuton onslaughts in 1939. Highlights a small band of guerrillas and their battles using scythes, shotguns and, often, just clubs against the Kaiser's army in the Ukrainian forests.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Lev SverdlinChubenko | Chubenko |
 Stepan ShkuratYakim Nedolya | Yakim Nedolya |
 Petro MasokhaIvan Polovets | Ivan Polovets |
 Mikhail TroyanovskyMusiy Polovets | Musiy Polovets |
| VVladimir OsvetsimskyGeneral Emelsdorf | General Emelsdorf |
| MMykola BraterskyiOverko Polovets | Overko Polovets |
 Grigori DolgovGurkovsky | Gurkovsky |
 Dmytro MilyutenkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Yelena KuzminaOksana | Oksana |
| NNikolai OrlovNot listed | Not listed |
| YYuriy BantyshLieutenant | Lieutenant |
 Dmytro HolubynskyiNot listed | Not listed |
 Heinrich GreifNot listed | Not listed |