In Saint Petersburg, Russia, a girl from a working-class family falls in love with a young man, but their tragic love becomes entangled in a terrorist plot and the violence of the times. They must navigate the religious and political tensions of the Russian countryside as they try to reunite and escape the mob violence and anti-Semitism that surround them.

Variety star Kaja falls in love with fisherman Peter. But he in a unfortunate situation kills a man and is sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Kaja promises to wait for him, but things go badly for her.