A young married couple is torn apart by WW1. When the news comes of her husband's death, Wanda marries another man, not knowing that her loved one is somewhere deep in the east.

Robert Skalski passionately confesses Ludwice's love and begs her to marry him. The girl resists because she does not want to conflict with her uncle and aunt who raised her.

Seven young men gather at a manor in August 1914 to form the nascent First Uhlan Regiment, riding off to war amid budding loves and sudden loss. Fifteen years later, the survivors reunite and confront how the conflict irrevocably altered their lives and relationships.