Duelyant plot
"On The Dark Side Of Honor"
Saint Petersburg, 1860. Retired agent Yakovlev is a mysterious and unbeatable duelist. For a fee, he fights on behalf of those who are too weak or too afraid to take part in a duel themselves. Yakovlev was accused years ago by the powerful Count Beklemishev of a crime he did not commit and was exiled as a result. In the meantime, he has returned to Saint Petersburg under a different identity and vows revenge. He falls in love with the princess Martha, but then he learns that his enemy, the Count Beklemishev, plans to marry the princess in order to obtain her fortune.