A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker; which is spoilt by the woman's jealous young son. The convict is then forced to undergo a tragic bid for freedom which ends with the beauty of swans contrasted with the imprisoned convicts and the hopeful but ultimately tragic wait by the woman for her lover.
Director: Yurii Illienko
Writer: Sergei Parajanov
Director of Photography: Yurii Illienko
Man
Boy
Old Woman (Morgue Attendant)
Prison Guard
Woman