Annesi tarafından ülkesi Almanya'dan Rus imparatoriçesinin oğluyla evlenmesi için yollanan Sophia, ülkeye vardıktan sonra prensin deli olduğunu görür. Bir ‘çatlakla’ evlendiğini anlayan Sophia, bu evlilik oyununa kendi rızasıyla dahil olacak ve yıllar geçtikçe eşini geride bırakıp tacı başına geçirmek için imparatorun tepesine adım adım tırmanmaya çalışmaya başlayacaktır.
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
Film based on the Lajos Biró play, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event puts an end to the long dynasty that had ruled the country with an iron hand since the coronation of Michael I Romanov in 1613.
Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.
Historical period melodrama.
A documentary about the history of Ukrainian Cossacks in the Kuban.