Plot This historical drama follows Arsena, a revolutionary worker in Tsarist Georgia during the Russo-Japanese War era.

At the factory where he works, he organizes secret meetings with his fellow revolutionaries, unaware that an informant named Pogromski is listening in.

As worker discontent grows, the Viceroy and his advisors, including the ruthless General Gryaznov and Police Chief Marcinov, plan to crack down on the revolutionaries.

In response, General Gryaznov proposes evacuating the bourgeoisie and positioning machine guns around the city to suppress any further uprisings.

After Pogromski betrays the location of a revolutionary meeting to the police, Arsena narrowly escapes capture while many of his comrades are arrested.