Directorial debut of Wolfgang Petersen

Second adaptation of Teuvo Pakkala's popular play about Finnish lumberjacks.

Tatyana’s husband left for the business trip. And right away the local ladies’ men begin to put the moves towards a young woman. At first she fights back, but under the pressure of good words and love-making she is ready to put up hands. But the husband’s returning makes allowances in the plans of all characters.

Based on Ivan Kotliarevsky` vaudeville The Muscovite-Sorcerer, that, together with operetta Natalka Poltavka (Natalka from Poltava), was landmarks in the development of Ukrainian theater.

Based on the play of the same name by Mykola Kulish.

The film is set in the 1920s and tells of a brief period of "introduction" of the Ukrainian language (Ukrainization). This is the story of one crazy person living in the same crazy world.