The arrival of a famous writer brings disarray to the lives of an aspiring playwright and a young actress.
Pre-Petrine Russia, Semyon Lazarev, one of the instigators of the “Copper Riot”, is forced to flee, as a result of which he ends up in the army of the leader of the peasant uprising Stepan Razin.
A detachment of Red Army soldiers is ambushed, from where only the boy can escape.
