After working for twenty years in the village of Kalinovaya Roscha, the once energetic chairman of the collective farm, Ivan Romanyuk, "broke down" and became a bureaucrat. Natalya Kovshik, the glib-tongued chairman of the village Council, and Karp Vetrovoy, a former Black Sea sailor, join the fight with him.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Viktor DobrovolskyNot listed | Not listed |
 Nonna KoperzhynskaNot listed | Not listed |
 Olga KusenkoVasilisa Dmitrievna | Vasilisa Dmitrievna |
 Mikhail KuznetsovNot listed | Not listed |
 Dmytro MilyutenkoNot listed | Not listed |
 Nonna MordyukovaNadezhda Romanyuk | Nadezhda Romanyuk |
 Yurii ShumskyiIvan Romanyuk | Ivan Romanyuk |