The film takes place in 1938 in Western Belarus, which was part of Poland. A young peasant woman, Alesya, wants at all costs to win back a house and farm that does not belong to her for the sake of happiness with her beloved Impol, from whom she is expecting a child. Her brother Mitya, a poet, writes freedom-loving poems, for which he is summoned for interrogation and brutally beaten.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| AAndrei DruzhkinMitya | Mitya |
 Natalia BrazhnikovaAlesya | Alesya |
| VVladimir PolyakovImpol | Impol |
 Vladimir GostyukhinLitovar | Litovar |
| LLyubov ChernyaevaKhristya | Khristya |
 Stefaniya StanyutaMondrikha | Mondrikha |
 Antonina BendovaMute Yevka | Mute Yevka |
 Pavel KormuninUncle Ladimer | Uncle Ladimer |
| VViktor GogolevOld Korsak | Old Korsak |
 Stasis PetronaitisTsarik | Tsarik |
 Olga BelyavskayaChesya | Chesya |