The events of the film cover the story of the Kotsiubynsky family in the years 1912-1918, ending with the defeat of the Central Rada and the establishment of a Soviet republic in Ukraine in the spring of 1918.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Oleksandr HaiMikhailo Kotsyubynskiy | Mikhailo Kotsyubynskiy |
 Yuri DemichYuri Kotsiubynsky | Yuri Kotsiubynsky |
 Aleksei LoktevVitaliy Prymakov | Vitaliy Prymakov |
 Boryslav BrondukovNicholas II | Nicholas II |
 Mikhail VolkovAleksandr Kerenskiy | Aleksandr Kerenskiy |
 Sergei IvanovPavlo Tychyna | Pavlo Tychyna |
| YYaroslav GeliasIvan Franko | Ivan Franko |
 Afanasi KochetkovMaksim Gorky | Maksim Gorky |
 Vladimir TatosovYakov Sverdlov | Yakov Sverdlov |
| AArkadiy TroshchanovskiyVladimir Lenin | Vladimir Lenin |
| RRodion AleksandrovAnatoliy Lunacharskiy | Anatoliy Lunacharskiy |
 Kostiantyn StepankovSymon Petliura | Symon Petliura |
 Lavrenti MasokhaMykhaylo Hrushevskyi | Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi |
 Harijs LiepiņšVolodymyr Vynnychenko | Volodymyr Vynnychenko |
 Stanislav StankevychMikhail Muravyov | Mikhail Muravyov |
| AAnatoliy BobrovskiyNikolay Skripnik | Nikolay Skripnik |
 Petro BondarchukNot listed | Not listed |
 Svetlana LoshchininaOksana Kotsyubinskaya | Oksana Kotsyubinskaya |
| GGeorgi SemyonovNot listed | Not listed |