Based on the novel by Vasiliy Shukshin "The Lyubavines". In the winter of 1922, the Rodionovs, Vasiliy Platonovich and his nephew Kuzma, came to the remote Siberian village of Baklan, disguised as teachers sent from the district center to organize and build a school. In fact, this is an old Bolshevik and a young worker, authorized by the GPU, and their main task is to find out the whereabouts of a large and very dangerous gang, led by a former Kolchak officer, who instills fear in local residents.
| Art | Boris Tsaryov | Production Design |
| Editing | Raisa Novikova | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Galina Zhekulina | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Baskakova | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Vasiliy Shukshin | Novel |
| Sound | Boris Zuyev | Sound |
| Sound | Nikolay Karetnikov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Leonid Nekhoroshev | Writer |
| Camera | Boris Brozhovsky | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ivan Plastinkin | Production Design |
| Sound | Aleksandr Petukhov | Conductor |
| Camera | Vladimir Fridkin | Camera Operator |
| Art | Yevgeni Korablyov | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Pyotr Malanichev | Special Effects |
| Crew | Nikolai Zvonaryov | Special Effects |
| Directing | Leonid Golovnya | Director |
| Writing | Leonid Golovnya | Writer |
