At the beginning of the XVII century, events take place preceding the liberation struggle led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A young boy Pavlo Pokhylenko leaves his native Kaniv to join the Zaporizhian Sich (camp and cossack army) to fight for freedom and the Orthodox faith.
Володимир Голубович
as Pavlo
Інна Капінос
as Orisya
Михайло Голубович
as Dzhmil
Serhiy Kucherenko
as Denis Kriga
Юрій Муравицький
as Hetman Sahaidachny
Yurii Yevsiukov
as Ganzha
Олександр Задніпровський
as Potocki
Володимир Абазопуло
as Polish captain
Kostiantyn Vorobiov
as Ovsii
Назар Задніпровський
as Panko
Раїса Недашківська
as Orisya's mother
Андрій Подубинський
as Pavlo's father
