Yaroslav Gavrilyuk

Based on the novel "Swan Flock" by Vasyl Zemlyak and described by the director as a romantic folk fable, the film is set in the Ukrainian village of Vavylon in the period after the Russian Revolution. "...A rather colorful patchwork of vivid sketches of everyday life is complemented with the character of Fabian, who is like a single rod that holds everything together, giving the moral assessment of what is going on, the people and their actions..." - Ivan Mykolaychuk (1979)

It is the begging of the 20s in USSR. The dozens of gangs have walked free since the times of the civil war. One of them cruelly killed a rural teacher. Despite the plenty of other cases, the local police have given a strong force in order to stop the criminals. (megogo)