Based on “The Toupee Artist”, a short story by Nikolai Leskov.
An actress, an earl's bondswoman, fell in love with the “toupee painter” Arkadi, failing to observe her master's regulations... The story could only have a tragic ending for both of them: Arkadi was sent off to be a soldier, while his beloved was banished to the cattle farm.
Source : www.lenfilm.ru
