خلاصه داستان : یک ستوان روس تحت تعقیب به یک مراقب نقابدار تبدیل می شود که به دنبال انتقام از مردی است که زمین خانواده اش را دزدیده است، اما به دام دختر جذابش می افتد...

Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.