The 17th Century. During the Ukrainian uprising against their Polish rules, Prince-Colonel Jan Skrzetuski falls in love with Princess Elena, who lives with his aunt's family. Bohun, the local hetman, who, in spite of his Ukrainian nationality, is faithful to the Polish crown, would like to marry the girl and become part of the family ... but only in order to take possession of their gold, jewels and receive the protection of his Polish overlords. When Bohun discovers that Jan and Elena have fallen in love with one another, and that the family would never accept the marriage of the princess with a peasant and foreigner, he swears revenge. Fleeing to the Cossack rebels, he now turns his hand against his former masters.
XVII secolo. Durante la rivolta degli ucraini contro i dominatori polacchi il principe colonnello Jan Skrzetuski s'innamora della principessa Elena, nobile polacca che vive con la famiglia della zia. Bohun, il comandante locale, fedele alla corona polacca sebbene di origine ucraina, vorrebbe sposare la ragazza e la famiglia, pur di ricevere in dono oro, gioielli e protezione lo asseconda. Quando Bohun scopre che tra Jan ed Elena è nato l'amore e che la famiglia non avrebbe mai accettato il matrimonio con un militare di origine contadine e straniere, si vendica uccidendo la principessa e i suoi figli per poi passare dalla parte dei ribelli ed aiutarli nella conquista della libertà.
DVD-R has both English and Italian audio with no subtitles (except for very brief portions when the English audio is replaced by Italian with hard-encoded English subtitles). Approx. 104 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!