In a village on the Volga in pre-revolutionary Russia, a young merchant's wife falls in love with Artem, a porter, and wants to leave her husband to go to the countryside with her beloved. The jealous husband hires a group of thugs to kill Artem, but the man miraculously survives the attack and is found by a Jewish shoemaker, Chaim, who is openly despised by the villagers. While recovering from his wounds, Artem overhears revolutionaries who have gathered at Chaim's home to read forbidden political literature.

 DVD-R has Russian intertitles with switchable English and Spanish subtitles. Approx. 72 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!