1812. The Russian Empire.
Young and lovely Liza Nikolaeva is married off to a wealthy old man who bought her with money. But the girl doesn’t want to put up with this unpleasant marriage, and when she hears that her brother has been severely wounded, she rushes to the theater of war, hoping to say goodbye to her beloved brother before his death. Getting caught in a French ambush, Liza finds herself in danger—yet fate sends her help in the form of a brave officer of the Russian army, Pavel Kornilov, who will play a fateful role in the girl’s future…