September 1812. The Grande Armée enters Moscow. A young Muscovite, Maria, slips into the Kremlin intending to confront Napoleon alone. But how can she carry out her plan when the hated emperor is guarded by the very man who captured her heart at first sight? A vivid historical drama about the burning of Moscow and the defense of the Kremlin, about Napoleon’s madness and the heroism of a Russian ‘heart’, open to love and compassion.