Karmelyuk

About the uprising of Ukrainian peasants under the leadership of the national hero Karmelyuk against landowners and Polish gentry In the 1830s Young Count Piglovsky returns to his estate from Paris The carriage in which he is riding is surrounded by rebellious peasants Their attempt to hang the master is canceled almost at the last moment because it is not the count in the carriage but his lackey Ustym Karmelyuk Ustym really serves as a lackey in the counts house and at the same time leads a peasant uprising The government sends the army In a fierce fight Karmelyuk is almost captured but he is saved by one of the serfs