Viktor Semaniv

Based on the short story by Oles Honchar. In high spirits and eagerly anticipating the start of the season, hunters set off for the picturesque Lake Chary-Kamyshi, once teeming with game. But the lake is no more. Since the last hunting season, a highway has been built across it, the lake has silted up, and there is hardly any game left...

A peasant catches a thief in his house and summons his friends—by old custom, he must settle the score. But as the night deepens, his heart softens, and before long it is the man himself who has to be driven out of his own home.

Cossack Maxim and the girl who dressed in men's clothing run from Turkish captivity. On the road, full of adventures and surprises, they have to release the children stolen by evil janissaries. Lovers overcome all obstacles and win.