Atonement for Others' Sins
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.
- Year: 1978
- Country: Soviet Union
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Dovzhenko Film Studios
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- Director: Valerian Pidpaly
- Cast: Ivan Havryliuk, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Nikolai Sektimenko, Yuri Lavrov, Kostiantyn Stepankov Jr., Fyodor Nikitin