Year 1777 - On a sailing ship on which French soldier/commander/revolutionary is sailing to America to help colonists fight English soldiers, 1 cannon breaks from its chains during a storm. It destroys the deck and damages the masts.

SYNOPSIS:

The sailor who did not take care of it feels guilty, so he throws himself on board and disarms the cannon, for which he receives an order from the commander - a French soldier on the spot, but also an immediate death sentence for failing to do his duty.

The destruction on the sailing ship makes it impossible to sail, so the ship is caught up by a British squadron. As the captain was ordered to safely put ashore the French commander, he decides to accept the battle at sea, and orders the passenger to get into the boat.One sailor, a non-commissioned officer, volunteers to row. When the boat reaches the shore, the NCO tells the commander that the killed sailor was his younger brother. He kills the commander out of revenge and dresses up in his clothes. On the seashore he meets a group of American soldiers/volunteers who were waiting for the French commander.The French sailor decides to pretend in front of them that he is who they were waiting for, because he sees the French ship sinking at sea.