Based on the investigation records and the stories of relatives of a littleknown Ukrainian anarchist Ivan Krupsky who is the greatgrandfather of the films director The documentary dramatizations are dedicated to the paradoxical periods of the protagonists life his leadership in a rebel unit participation in the civil war of the early 1920s his hiding from persecution under the guise of a Soviet police officer his job as a factory construction worker The stories about situations in the past are reproduced using the actions of contemporary characters contemporary anarchists officers of the New Police students and workers The filming took place at the locations of particular historical events in Poltava Hadiach Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv
