Summary
The New Moon plunges viewers into a maelstrom of political unrest, where Princess Marie Pavlovna's engagement ball is shattered by anarchist bombings, forcing her escape with Prince Michail Koloyar. This chaotic backdrop gives rise to Theo Kameneff, a foreign-backed dictator, whose tyrannical decree mandates the registration of all women aged seventeen to thirty-two as state property, driven by his personal desire for Marie. Unyielding, the princess, incognito as a humble shopkeeper, spearheads a defiant women's resistance movement. Her discovery by Kameneff's brutal enforcer, Orel Kosloff, leads to a perilous standoff, as Marie spurns Kameneff's offer to rescind the edict in exchange for her submission. The ensuing reign of terror sees Kosloff orchestrate widespread atrocities, culminating tragically in the death of Kameneff's own sister, a loss that profoundly shakes the dictator. Meanwhile, Michail, embedded within the Bolshevik ranks, faces exposure and a narrow escape from execution. The narrative crescendos as Michail intervenes to protect Marie from Kameneff's assault, leading to Kameneff's poetic justice at the hands of a grieving potter seeking vengeance for his daughter's defilement. Finally, Marie and Michail secure their perilous flight across the border, leaving behind a nation scarred by revolution and personal vendettas.
Synopsis
When anarchist bombs disrupt the engagement ball of Princess Marie Pavlovna, her fiancé, Prince Michail Koloyar, helps her to escape in a carriage. Then Theo Kameneff, secretly in the pay of a foreign government, becomes dictator and, desiring the princess, issues an edict that all women between the ages of seventeen and thirty-two must register and become state property. Outraged, Marie, disguised as a shopkeeper, organizes women to refuse the order. After she is discovered by Orel Kosloff, Kameneff's henchman, Marie declines Kameneff's offer to repeal the edict if she will live with him. Kosloff then initiates mass brutality, killing women who do not register, including to Kameneff's dismay, his beloved sister, whom he tried to save. Meanwhile, Michail, who has infiltrated the Bolshevik ranks, is found out and narrowly escapes a firing squad. After he stops Kameneff's attack on Marie, Kameneff is shot by a potter, revenging his daughter's ravishment. Marie and Michail finally escape across the border.
