It's the 17th century, when social antagonism is at its peak. The poverty of peasants and poor Cossacks is opposed to the lavish lifestyle of the Ukrainian and Polish noblemen, priests, and Cossack officers. Cossacks fight off Tatars’ attacks, however, they start to realise that the real enemy is much closer. Taras Triasylo raises Cossacks to help the rebellious peasants.
Amvrosii Buchma
Taras Tryasylo
Nataliia Uzhvii
Marina
Ivan Kapralov
Ivan, hajduk
Mykola Kuchynskyi
Hetman
Matvei Lyarov
Polish tycoon, Yagella's father
Margarita Barskaya
Yagella, tycoon's daughter
Leonid Chembarsky
Ladislav, tycoon's son
Ivan Zamychkovskyi
Kobza, sotnik-ataman
Arkadiy Malskiy
Popsuy
Mikhail Gershunenko
Perekati-pole, kossack
A. Belov
Naked cossack
Mikhail Smolenskiy
Woytsekh, tycoon's butler