The Tartars (1962)

The Tartars and the Vikings maintain a fragile peace in the harsh landscape of the Russian Steppe When the leader of the Vikings Oleg declines to accompany the Tartars on a campaign against the Slavs there is an explosion of violence After Oleg kills the Tartar leader and kidnaps his daughter the dead mans brother Burandai retaliates by holding Olegs wife Helga hostage The stalemate can be resolved only on the battlefield