Set in the year 1668 at the time of the Turkish invasion of Poland's eastern frontier. The Polish troops, under the leadership of Colonel Michal Wołodyjowski, the first swordsman in Poland, form an alliance with a group of Polish Tartars and mount a final defense against the massive army of the Turkish sultan.

Polish collection. Screenplay is based on the third novel in a trilogy of historical adventures by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.