The 16th century ... Cheek (Chahtice), Slovakia.
In the huge estate, surrounded by forests and mountains, the beautiful Countess Elizabeth Bathory lives. She is smart and beautiful, elegant and courteous. And no one knows that terrible things are being created in the castle of the famous beauty ...
Little tramps - brother and sister Misha and Aletta - street circus, she earns a living, showing tricks, and not disdaining small theft. Once again, another attempt to steal the purse ends badly - the children are waiting for a prison, a court and penal servitude ... But unexpectedly for the little thieves during the trial, the Countess of Bathory herself intercedes, asking for a substitute for the punishment of sending the children to her orphanage at the castle. And it seems that the life of the brother and sister is finally getting better: the children have washed, fed, dressed. They have their own bed and a piece of bread. They have to do a certain job - Aletta becomes a maid, and Masha goes to the stable, but is this really such a big payment for the roof over her head? But,- soon children understand that they were in hell, and the beautiful countess is a real devil!