The Horseman

About the show

In sixteenth-century Russia, Anna seduces a merchant while she and her husband Antti are serfs in his household. The merchant’s wife discovers the affair and demands that the couple be killed. Antti binds the merchant and his wife and burns their house before escaping with Anna to Finland. At Olavinlinna castle, Anna is accused of burying her baby; Antti, disguised as an old man, testifies about their escape. They flee again, but are later caught in a rebellion against the royal castle. Antti and his group are killed, and Anna laments her husband.