Seven scenes from the intimate life of a princely family in the middle of the 19th century.
A pretty widow lives unrestrained on the bank of a river; she is intelligent, cheerful and has a reputation as a magician. Prince Kurliatev has fallen in love with her, unaware that his injured wife is preparing to defend her rights and hopes for help from her son. But the young Prince, like his father, also falls under the influence of the young widow and fails to save her from death...
The film was preserved without intertitles.