在这部鹰喜剧/剧情/爱情片中,俄罗斯陆军中尉弗拉基米尔·杜布罗夫斯基引起了卡莎琳娜二世的注意。他拒绝了她的追求，逃走了，卡莎琳娜二世发出了逮捕令，不管他是死是活。弗拉基米尔得知他父亲的土地已经被邪恶的凯瑞拉特罗库罗夫Kyrilla Troekouroff占领，他的父亲死了。弗拉基米尔·杜布罗夫斯基戴上黑色的面具，成为被称为“鹰”的亡命之徒。他伪装成凯瑞拉女儿玛莎的法语教师，进入特罗库罗夫家。他追求复仇，却爱上了玛莎。
Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He spurns her advances and flees, and she puts out a warrant for his arrest, dead or alive. Vladimir learns that his father's lands have been taken by the evil Kyrilla Troekouroff, and his father dies. He dons a black mask, and becomes the outlaw The Black Eagle. He enters the Troekouroff household disguised as a French instructor for Kyrilla's daughter Mascha. He is after vengeance, but instead falls in love with Mascha.
