In 1912, a Russian officer is wrongly accused of having stolen important papers. His only alibi being to have spent the night with the wife of a colonel, he allows himself to be condemned so as not to compromise the latter. He manages to escape and hides in the guise of a poor boatman. One day, the truth comes out, the colonel commits suicide and the lovers are finally reunited.
as Lieutenant Vadime Borzin
as Lydia Goreff
as Colonel Goreff
as Kiro
as Broïnka
as Boatman
as Kouproff
as Young officer
as Judge
as Boatman
