Alexis Romanov, Czar of Russia (Errol Flynn), has agreed to hold the customary countrywide beauty competition to choose his bride. The final decision has been prearranged to be Natasha Naryushkin (Patrice Wymore Flynn), whom he loves. In the meantime, Natasha rebels at entering, since she has fallen in love with the stranger she met at her guardian's home, not realizing that the man is the Czar. Alexis manages to find her in time to prevent her escape from the Kremlin through a window, and declares her the future Czarina.