Sequel to the "The Waterfowl People". The author interprets the kinship, 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. The second documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum" series.
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| Directing | Lennart Meri | Director |
| Camera | Rein Maran | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Veljo Tormis | Music |
| Writing | Lennart Meri | Writer |
| Editing | Eevi Säde | Editor |
| Camera | Enn Putnik | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Aado Lintrop | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Kai Schönberg | Editor |
| Sound | Enn Säde | Sound Director |
| Directing | Heno Sarv | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Tiina Andreas | Sound |
| Editing | Enn Säde | Editor |
| Directing | Aado Lintrop | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Külli Tüli | Sound |
