Russie, 1905. Lasse de l'atmosphère antisémite de son village natal, la jeune Hanne Segal part à Saint-Pétersbourg rejoindre son frère Jacob qui, converti au christianisme, est devenu un riche avocat....
A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who will listen that a whale killed his beautiful Anna...