The story is set in Russia in the 1870s. One of the storylines recounted the fate of the mother of an underground worker, who accidentally discovered some leaflets at home and decided to take them to the priest. The full content is unknown. The film itself has been lost. The film poster for *Father Seraphim* was designed by the artist Nikolai Alekseevich Ushin (1898–1942). It features the actress K. I. Kulaeva in the role of Claudia, who discovers the leaflets. The film poster was printed in 1922 in a run of 500 copies and is now a great rarity.