Director Lydia Bobrova pictures the bleak life in the Russian countryside by showing some events in the life of three brothers and their families. The three brothers are different in character, but all suffer from the dreariness of kolchoz life. The title is derived from a nostalgic Russian song. The wild geese have the possibility of moving on to milder climes, a possibility that Russian country people don’t have.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| VVyacheslav SobolevMitka | Mitka |
 Yury BobrovPetka | Petka |
| VVasily FrolovSanya | Sanya |
 Nina UsatovaDasha | Dasha |
 Svetlana GaytanLyubka | Lyubka |
| VVitaliy BobrovNot listed | Not listed |
 Valentina SmirnovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Ivan KolesnikovNot listed | Not listed |
 Oleksandr DanylchenkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Galina VolkovaNot listed | Not listed |