Siglo XVIII. El joven Redmond Barry, huérfano de padre, se ha enamorado de su prima, a la que también pretende el Capitán John Quin. El asunto se resuelve por medio de un duelo, del que Redmond resulta vencedor. A continuación se va a Dublín y decide alistarse en el ejército inglés, donde empieza a desarrollar sus extraordinarias habilidades para sobrevivir. Estando en Alemania, se le presenta la posibilidad de desertar, pero es capturado por el Capitán Potzdorf, un oficial prusiano que le ofrece la posibilidad de unirse a sus tropas o ser colgado por desertor. Una vez en el ejército prusiano, tiene la fortuna de salvarle la vida a Potzdorf, lo que le abre las puertas del servicio secreto prusiano.

Eva, una doctora misteriosa, busca una respuesta a su dilema urgente mientras desentraña el Libro de la visión del Dr. Anmuth. Henry se involucra en su vida y se ve obligado a enfrentarse a su propia naturaleza, ya que Eva enfrenta la decisión más importante de su vida.

King Frederick II (aka "Frederick the Great") of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren't going well. The Austrians are inflicting major casualties, and his army is beginning to crumble. Defeat seems inevitable when a combination of events gives him hope that he may pull victory from the jaws of defeat after all.

Marie es una mujer adolescente que vive en Prusia en 1813 con su madre, una condesa. Viven en un palacio observando el camino de la historia desde un punto de vista lejano.

Comedy about the "Husarenstreich", the 1757 Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War.

This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...

Documentary about the small city of Rheinsberg, once the summer residence of Prussian princes. Average working class people comment on the history of this special place.