A Soviet dam project means that many old Ukrainian villages will end up under water. There are conflicts between the dam engineers and villagers who don't want to move.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Yevhen BondarenkoIvan Kravchina | Ivan Kravchina |
 Yevgeny GurovGrigoriy Shiyan | Grigoriy Shiyan |
 Zinaida KirienkoKaterina | Katerina |
 Antonina KonchakovaValya | Valya |
 Georgi KovrovMaksim Fyodorchenko | Maksim Fyodorchenko |
 Ivan KozlovskyKobzar | Kobzar |
 Boris LivanovGeneral Ignat Fyodorchenko | General Ignat Fyodorchenko |
 Nataliia NaumOlesya | Olesya |
| LLeonid ParkhomenkoIvan Gurenko | Ivan Gurenko |
 Mikhail RomanovWriter | Writer |
| LLeonid TarabarynovValeriy Golik | Valeriy Golik |
 Mikhail TsaryovAristarkhov | Aristarkhov |
 Valentina VladimirovaMariya Kravchina | Mariya Kravchina |
 Vladimir SeleznyovNot listed | Not listed |
 Boris AndreyevSavva Zarudnyy | Savva Zarudnyy |
 Larisa ShepitkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Polina NyatkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Varvara MasliuchenkoNot listed | Not listed |
| AAleksandra MacheretNot listed | Not listed |
 Nikolai YelizarovTruck driver | Truck driver |