The sequel to the 'the waterfowl people'. the author interprets the kiship, linguistic and cultural relationships of the finno-ugric peoples. finns, vepsians, votes, setos, erzya-mordvinians, mansi, hungarians, sami, nganasans, and estonians appear in the film. the film was shot in 1977 on location in northern finland, sapmi, vepsia, votia, mordovia, khantia-mansia, hungary, the taymyr peninsula, the setomaa region in estonia and on the estonian islands of saaremaa and muhu. footage was also shot in 1970 in the nenets okrug.