Set in a new mining town in the Donets Coal Basin, it centres on a clash between the young miners, the political establishment, and a religious cult lead by a devious Pentecostal evangelist infiltrated into the community who tries to make the workers fall under his influence.
| Directing | Sergei Parajanov | Director |
| Directing | Anatoly Slesarenko | Director |
| Sound | Ihor Shamo | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | O. Yablonskaya | Costume Design |
| Camera | Serhiy Revenko | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Lev Shtyfanov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Marfa Ponomarenko | Editor |
| Writing | Vadim Sobko | Screenplay |
| Art | Mikhail Rakovskiy | Production Design |