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Scenes from the old Russia.
1890. A young girl
on her way to Siberia to serve her sentence.
She had been a maid in a rich family, when the son of the house one day
raped her.
She tried to report it to the authorities, but they wouldnīt
listen.
In desperation she sat fire to the house.
The damage was minor, but her guilt in arsone was clear.
Even she keept on maintaining, she was innocent, this young woman was sentenced for murder on her employer. Here she is forged in irons at the arrival to the prison camp.
This was to become her
home for many many years.
While the male prisoners
kept their boots, it was normal, that female prisoners went barefooted in
the work camps.
Their last night
together.
Tomorrow the young man is going to prison, to start serving a 5 year
sentence for fraud. He knows, he will never see his young wife again.
She is to be sent to the copper mines, as a small payment for the debt.
It will take her at least 15 years to work it off. If she lives so
long.
A new serf spends her
first night in the barn.
Tomorrow her new mistress
will put her to work.
Once a month her husband is allowed to visit
his young wife, at the manor.
"No, my dear
husband.
You donīt have to worry about me.
I am fine. The mistress only beat me,
if I deserve it."