
An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions he starts hard struggle for survival, where the most fearsome opponent turns out to be terrible, merciless nature... Circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Soon he will have to learn the essential struggle for survival and make decisions that will where rate will be life of his relatives. He will also have to choose between love for the Jewish Zinnia and the Russian Luybka.
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Cast

Adam Woronowicz
Jan Dolina

Sonia Bohosiewicz
Irena Puc

Paweł Krucz
Staszek Dolina

Ihor Hniezdilov
Styopa Barabanov

Natalia Rybicka
Sylwia

Agnieszka Więdłocha
Cynia
Urszula Grabowska
Antonina Dolina

Andrii Zhurba
Camp Commandant Savin

Marcin Walewski
Tadzio Dolina

Valeriy Gulyaeva
Lubka Tartakowska

Dmytro Sova
Paszka Siedych

Piotr Kondrat
Florian Balicki
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