The story of a Jewish entrepreneur ins Tsarist Russia always look for a get rich quick scheme.

A film is based on the novel by a Kazakh writer Sabit Mukanov. It shows Kazakhstan in 1916-1917 and how people reacted to tough times, the World War I and the ideas of the revolution and Bolshevism. Botagoz is a girl who never stopped believing in justice, despite numerous trials. She performed a heroic act and contributed to the battle against the White Guardsmen (Belogvardeytsi)

One of Boris Barnet's contributions to the "films for the armed forces" series, about the suffering of Poles under Nazi occupation.