The Civil War is drawing to a close… Across the steppes of southern Russia, a Gypsy named Berkulо rides the train—just after stealing a wife for himself. But his happiness doesn’t last long: in the morning, neither the girl nor the Red Army soldier—who also turns out to have Gypsy blood—is on the train. What dark abyss lies in the Gypsy woman’s heart? Yesterday she swore love to the grave—and today she’s run off with another…