《放荡的女皇》年轻的德国公主索非亚与俄国与皇的儿子公爵彼得结婚。跋扈的女皇希望改进皇家血液。索非亚不喜欢她的丈夫，但她喜欢俄国，并且喜欢俄国的战士。她尽职地生产一个儿子——可疑的父权，但没人似乎介意这个。在老女皇死之后，索非亚设计一次政变，在军事的帮助下，废除彼得，并且成为卡特琳娜女王。

这部电影是一个被埋葬的宝藏。它是潜力导演Lubitsch的作品。虽然另一位导演Preminger认为这部戏可以拍摄的更好。这部戏剧令人很轻松，有很多很好笑的对话。故事讲说从前俄国皇族Catherine爱上了一位英俊的兵士William。而这位就是她倒台的原因。最后，Catherine竟然还让William和另外一位女人溜走。电影中3人的关系演得非常微妙。

在俄国历史上，凯瑟琳大帝与彼得大帝齐名，她建立了人类历史上空前绝后的横跨欧亚美三海的庞大帝国。她的政绩卓越，但后人最关注的还是她那一段段令人目不暇接的情史。她在一场政治婚姻中嫁给了俄国女皇伊丽莎白的侄子彼得，但彼得因为生理上的原因成了性无能。于是，凯瑟琳耐心等待着时机，一边放纵情欲，一边暗中寻觅着夺取政权的良机……

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.