Tempest

Horne is an officer who is sent to the outmost reaches of Russia as a punishment. He is accompanied by Homolka, his valet, an old family retainer. The two trek across the frozen wastes and save the life of Heflin, a cossack they find freezing to death. Heflin later rallies a group of peasants, assuming the identity of Peter the Great's mentally retarded son, Czar Peter III, who had been assassinated and disposed of years before. Horne arrives at the fort where he is to be stationed and falls for the commander's daughter, Mangano, but her father, Keith, is not pleased. Nor is Dantine, a traitorous officer who'd hoped to win her hand. Heflin's troops capture the fort...