Based on the short story by Oles Honchar. A budding romance, on the verge of blossoming into love, develops between two young people—Petro and Olga—who are just beginning their independent lives. But an unexpected gunshot in the nature reserve, which kills a swan, shatters the young couple’s potential happiness...

Cast

Iryna Doroshenko

Ольга, орнитолог

Vladimir Alekseyenko

Оленчук, колхозник

Ivan Havryliuk

егерь Пётр

Nataliia Naum

Прасковья, жена Оленчука

Fyodor Odinokov

Виктор Павлович Танцюра, начальник, браконьер

Neonila Hnepovska

колхозница

Viktor Chernyakov

заместитель Танцюры