Atonement for Others' Sins

(1978)

Genres: Drama

Year: 1978

Runtime: 86 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Валериан Пидпалый

Cast: Иван Гаврилюк, Иван Миколайчук, Николай Сектименко, Юрий Лавров, Константин Степанков мл., Фёдор Никитин, Виктор Чекмарёв, Константин Артеменко, Лариса Кадырова, Лидия Чащина

Plot

A priest from a Carpathian village who sheltered an orphan teenager, Bogdan Chichura, sends him to a theological seminary. After graduating from the seminary with honors, the young man enters the Gregorian University, becomes a doctor of theology and returns to his village. Here he learns that his beloved Ruzhena, deceived by the bishop's letter, has gone to a monastery. And her father, a Rusyn, is being persecuted by the authorities and the church for his leftist beliefs. Bogdan embarks on a difficult struggle for the honor of his loved ones. But the Second World War begins.