Vaja Kobulashvili

Officer Zhilin, a Caucasus officer, receives a letter from his mother and returns home. He and another Russian officer are attacked by mountaineers, and Zhilin is captured without ransom money.

The events of the film take place in a remote part of Georgia in the early 19th century. It tells the story of the Georgian peasantry's struggle against local feudal lords and their henchmen.