A spectacular film adaptation of the second part of Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy.

Year 1655. Orszański ensign Andrzej Kmicic comes to Żmudź, to Wodoktów, to meet his fiancée, Oleńka Billewiczówna, who was destined for him by the will of both fathers. Young people fall in love with each other, but a man's hot-tempered nature causes him trouble.

When the country is flooded by the Swedish army, Kmicic takes the side of the Radziwiłł collaborators. Soon, however, he realizes that this is a great mistake, due to which, as a Pole and a soldier, he may lose forever not only his face but also his beloved ...