About the uprising of Ukrainian peasants under the leadership of the national hero Karmelyuk against landowners and Polish gentry. In the 1830s, Young Count Piglovsky returns to his estate from Paris. The carriage in which he is riding is surrounded by rebellious peasants. Their attempt to hang the master is canceled almost at the last moment, because it is not the count in the carriage, but his lackey - Ustym Karmelyuk. Ustym really serves as a lackey in the count's house and at the same time leads a peasant uprising. The government sends the army. In a fierce fight, Karmelyuk is almost captured, but he is saved by one of the serfs.
Les Podorozhniy
as Count Piglovsky
Степан Шагайда
as Karmelyuk
Zinajda Pigulovich
as Kilina
Valentina Rovinskaya
as Rosalie
Borys Kallash-Verbytskyi
as Sutonin
Maksim Astafiyev
as Medved (Bear), a bandit
Aleksandr Nikitin
as Piglovsky's father
