Overview

A priest from a Carpathian village who sheltered an orphan teenager, Bogdan Chichura, sends him to a theological seminary. After graduating from the seminary with honors, the young man enters the Gregorian University, becomes a doctor of theology and returns to his village. Here he learns that his beloved Ruzhena, deceived by the bishop's letter, has gone to a monastery. And her father, a Rusyn, is being persecuted by the authorities and the church for his leftist beliefs. Bogdan embarks on a difficult struggle for the honor of his loved ones. But the Second World War begins.

Top Cast

Ivan Havryliuk

Bogdan Chichura

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Rusin

Mykola Sektymenko

Yuri Lavrov

Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr.

Fyodor Nikitin

Viktor Chekmaryov

Konstiantin Artyomenko

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Larysa Kadyrova

Lidiya Chashchina

Abbess Mariya