Wilhelmine Enke, the daughter of a trumpeter, becomes the mistress of Crown Prince Frederick William II, the successor to Frederick the Great. The fact that the beautiful Wilhelmine is of common birth makes the love between her and the portly Frederick William a problem. So Frederick William marries her off to a valet and keeps her close to him. Later, he elevates her to the nobility and makes her Countess Lichtenau. After his death, she is put on trial for high treason, but the case is unsuccessful. She spends her twilight years in a small cottage near Berlin.

Genres

Cast

Anja Kruse

Wilhelmine

Rainer Hunold

Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm

Johannes Heesters

Marshall Keith

Jean-Claude Brialy

Casanova

Beatrice Richter

Luise

Silvia Reize

Elisabeth

Liesel Christ

Landgräfin

Marie Versini

Mme. Girard