The film is set in the early eighteenth century in the Carpathians. The cruel rule of the Polish gentry forces the Hutsuls to flee to the mountains. Two brothers, Oleksa and Ivan Dovbush, find themselves outlawed and become opryshky. In search of revenge on the lords for the murder of Dovbush's parents, the brothers become enemies to each other. One wants money, the other wants justice.

The Hutsuls start an uprising led by Oleksa. The nobility does everything possible to destroy Dovbush. But he outsmarts them. And the legend of the Carpathian knight grew. A legend that inspires generations of those who fight for the freedom of their native land. It is about the strength and love of Oleksa Dovbush, about betrayal and insult. About how he lived and how he deceived death.