Martin Berger

The film tells the story of Ivan Mazeppa, a Ukrainian page at the Polish court who has an affair with the young wife of a much older count. Outraged when he learns of the incident, the nobleman has Mazeppa tied naked to a wild horse which is then released into the wilderness. The bulk of the poem describes the long hazardous journey during which Mazeppa almost dies twice but ultimately survives and returns to his native Ukraine.

A public prosecutor's fiancée, who has just been hired as a teacher, lives in the front of a building, while a working-class family lives in the back of the building. The woman from a poor working class background wants to abort her fifth child, but the doctor refuses because it is illegal. The porter's wife advises the worker to do it herself.