Mikhail Strogoff, the tsar's courier, is ordered to go to Irkutsk, where the grand duke, the tsar's brother, is located, to warn him of the sinister plans of Ivan Ogarev.

Crossing the steppes of the vast Russian Empire, he falls into the hands of Ogarev, who, to take revenge, blinds him.

Faithful to his oath, guided by a young but brave girl, the now blind Strogoff manages to reach Irkutsk just as the city is burning from the fires of Ogarev's army...