In late nineteenth-century Yakutia, Habji and his wife Keremes have just buried their second child, and are preparing for a harsh winter of famine. Instead of giving them the help he promised, the local prince foists a Russian convict, Kostya, on the family, who the law decrees must live in the same house as them. They initially struggle to find a common language, and the convict soon decides that he will be the master of the house from now on.
| Directing | Vladimir Munkuev | Director |
| Writing | Vladimir Munkuev | Screenplay |
| Production | Valeriy Fedorovich | Producer |
| Production | Evgeniy Nikishov | Producer |
| Production | Aleksandr Plotnikov | Producer |
| Production | Boris Khlebnikov | Producer |
| Production | Albert Ryabyshev | Producer |
| Production | Andrey Ushatsky | Producer |
| Camera | Denis Klebleev | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Waclaw Sieroszewski | Book |
| Art | Roman Arutyunyan | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ekaterina Shaposhnikova | Costume Design |
| Editing | Ivan Lebedev | Editor |
| Production | Anastasiya Kulikova | Producer |