The film directed by V. Artemenko is dedicated to the members of the village orchestra of his native village of Melnyky, Chornobai district, Cherkasy region, who died during the war and who died of wounds. When the famous sculptor Anatoliy Khorechko saw film "Village Orchestra", he put aside all his affairs, left the city and for three years lived in the village of Melnyky and built a monument to the deceased orchestra players.