 Beautiful Dunja is bored to death at the post office of her father, far in the depths of Russia. When the dubious officer Minski arrives, she s fascinated by his stories about life in St. Petersburg and easily can be persuaded to accompany him there. Minski promises her father to marry her later. In truth he s soon tired of her and throws her out; she s passed around among the officers of the czar like a prostitute. When her father gets word of it, he wants to take revenge.