January of 1793. Prussian army invades the Greater Poland. A mysterious stranger enters a nunery adapted into a prison and saves Jakub – a failed assassin of the king. Saved and accompanied by a nun, Jakob sets off back home. Along the way, he meets Herz’s acting troupe, observes a ball at the palace of befriended Count and witnesses how the acquaintance exchanges wedding vows with his pregnant fiancée. Shocked...