An uprising is brewing in the small Carpathian kingdom of Dabroska. The young prince Alasdar Sharosh rouses the people to fight against King Joseph Radak, a cruel tyrant. The king's ministers try to achieve peace by marrying Ilona, Princess of Dabroski, to the rebellious Alasdar. The girl walks down the aisle with horror to the man whose name they frightened her as if it were the name of the devil, but suddenly she recognizes in her wife the beautiful blue-eyed young man who gave her her first kiss...