At the end of the thirties, in Lentovnia, a village in Western Ukraine, Countess Pshejinskaya reigns. In order to build a new road that will lead to the castle, the countess robs poor Khoma Gabrycia of his last piece of land. The latter, indignant and, as a sign of protest, carries two bags of earth to his land. He is punished and caught in an even bigger cabal. At this moment, the young schoolteacher Ganna arrives in the village. She observes the cruel and unjust attitude of the landowner towards the peasants. Her religious convictions quickly dissipate and soon she begins to sympathize with the Bolsheviks, to help them…
