Overview

A film adaptation of the 17th-century epic of the same name. Year 1185. Prince Ihor leads a campaign into the Cuman-Polovtsian lands, defying an old prophecy that foretells his death. During the expedition he falls into an ambush set by Khan Konchak, his wife is surrounded by the Polovtsians, and Ihor himself is taken prisoner. In captivity he faces moral and physical trials, refuses to renounce his homeland and family, and defeats the mightiest warrior of the East.