Based on the book by Yuriy Borets In the Whirlpool of Fighting.

The events took place in 1944-1947 in the territory of Western Ukraine and Eastern Poland, an area where millions of Ukrainians originally lived, initially captured by Bolshevik Russia, then the Third Reich, and after the war, Stalin donated to communist Poland. One hundred fighters of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army led by Mykhailo Duda – Gromenko appeared in the wake of these tragic events ... It is clear that the forces were unequal, and the power of spirit, belief in the final victory, moved the unbreakable Iron Hundred, whose remains in 1947. carried out a heroic raid to the West, to Bavaria, which was then controlled by the US military administration.

The heroes of the film, based on real facts, are young Ukrainians who deliberately went to the ranks of the UPA.

The film is based on the testimonies of Ukrainians who survived the Holodomor in 1932-1933.

The events of the film take place in 1917-1937, it shows two story lines. The first is based on the testimonies of our compatriots who managed to survive after these terrible events. The second is the view from the outside, through the eyes of British journalist Gareth Jones, whose truth about the tragedy of Ukrainians has been described in detail but has not been heard by contemporaries.

Movie 74 from the movie Unknown Ukraine. Essays on our history.

Development of construction, transport, industry in Ukrainian cities. Three industrial regions: Right Bank - Sugar Processing, Left Bank - Mechanical Engineering, Heavy Industry, South - Mining, Metallurgy, Shipbuilding. The heyday of trade and banking.

Irina works at the post office, distributes letters and newspapers. Low salary, work, which many consider ungrateful ... But she does not focus on material goods, she has a beloved husband Denis, a former sailor and now a factory mechanic. The climate in the family should be called ideal, if not one "but" - Irina can not get pregnant. She turns to doctors, undergoes a comprehensive examination and, when Denis goes to refresher courses, receives the answer: she will never have children.
Irina does not know how to report a cruel sentence to her husband, she is afraid that it will cool his love for her, because he dreamed so much of a child! Finally, she decides to have an open conversation. Denis is upset, but says that it will not affect their relationship in any way. However, Irina is full of fears, and envious people are already spreading rumors about Denis' affair with his colleague Tamara. There is ground for gossip - Tamara wants to get Denis and tries her best to kill the wedge between him and Irina.

Iryna Zinaida's mother became seriously ill at the end of her troubles. Doctors give her a few weeks, or even arrange treatment in a foreign clinic. It costs a lot of money, which the family simply does not have. Irina is torn between her husband and a sick mother, and here in her life there is another character - a gloomy huntsman, a herbalist. He claims that he can help Zinaida fight the disease, but for this Irina must provide him with one important service ...