The shrill and tragic story about an event that involved Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy. In an infantry regiment of the military based in the Tula region an offence occurs. In this regiment, the capital’s lieutenant Grigory Kolokoltsev — inspired by progressive ideas — does his service. A military tribunal and execution await the soldier charged with the offence. Kolokoltsev asks Count Tolstoy for help — and he decides to protect the innocent man. The pointed history about the complexity of choice and fidelity to one’s ideals is based on real events.
Siglo XIII. Rusia está fragmentada y está a punto de caer de rodillas ante el Gran Khan Batu de la Horda de Oro del yugo mongol-tártaro. Los invasores no encuentran una seria resistencia, han quemado varias ciudades y han regado con sangre la tierra rusa. Pero surge un valiente guerrero que se atreve a desafiarlos, es un joven caballero de Riazán, Yevpatiy Kolovrat, quien junto a su escuadra de valientes, está dispuesto a vengar a su amada y a su país.
