It is a Russian movie about a Russo-Turkish War of 1877. It contains a story of a character who is fictional. However, he had a real prototype in history. The whole film is based on a book of a writer who did his research in the libraries of Russia. I highly recommend this movie, it was accurate to the historical events. You may find it easily online with English subtitles: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6112050325764008010