Arcivojvodkyňa Sofia hľadá vhodnú ženu pre svojho syna, rakúskeho cisára Franca Jozefa. Veľba padne na Nené, najstaršiu dcéru jej sestry Ludoviky. Helenina mladšia sestra Sissi spravádza Helenu a Ludoviku na výlete do Bad Ischlu, kde sa majú Nené a mladý cisár spoznať. Po príjazde do Bad Ischlu sa točí všetko okolo Nené. Aby Sissi unikla tomuto zmätku, ide na rybačku. Pritom sa stretne s cisárom Francom Jozefom, ktorý je hneď unesený jej prirodzenosťou a krásou.
Sissi, čerstvo vydatá za rakúskeho cisára, si na panovníckom dvore iba ťažko zvyká. Matka Franca Jozefa, arcivojvodkyňa Sofia kladie totiž veľký dôraz na spoločenskú formu správania a keď sa Sissi narodí dieťa, Sofia sa rozhodne prevziať jeho východu do svojich rúk. Sissi je tým natoľko pobúrená, že odcestuje k svojim rodičom do Possenhofenu. Napätie sa opäť zvýši, keď Sissi odmietne prijať maďarskú delegáciu. Vodca delegácie, gróf Andrassy však presvedčí Sissi o nutnosti pomôcť Maďarsku a Sissi konečne preberá aj politickú zodpovednosť. Po úspešných diplomatických rokovaniach sa Sissi a Franc Jozef vydajú na cestu do Budapešti, kde má byť cisársky pár korunovaný za maďarského kráľa a kráľovnú.
Cisára zdržujú vo Viedni neodkladné štátne záležitosti a Sissi preto odchádza sama do Maďarska, aby s pomocou grófa Andrassyho získala revolučne zmýšľajúcu šľachtu na stranu Habsburgovcov. Andrassy vyzná Sissi lásku, ale ona vie, že patrí iba Francovi Jozefovi. Cisársky pár sa potom rozhodne stráviť niekoľko dní v Bad Ischle, ďaleko od tlaku viedenského dvora. Ale pretože Sissi v Maďarsku ochorela na pľúca, odchádza čoskoro na juh, aby sa tam vďaka miernejšiemu podnebiu uzdravila. Po jej rekonvalescencii uskutoční cisársky pár v záujme zlepšenia napätých vsťahov s talianskou šľachtou oficiálnu štátnu návštevu v talianskych provinciách. to sa však neobíde bez škandálu, nakoľko talianska šľachta pošle namiesto seba na slávnostné predstavenie do milánskej Scaly služobníctvo...
Potom, čo je cisár zabitý, dostáva sa na trón jeho dcéra Yen Feier (Kelly Chen). S pomocou otcových verných radcov a jeho oddaných vojakov musí dokázať, že je hodná takejto pocty.
Based on events in 7th and 8th-century Tang dynasty and starring producer Fan Bingbing as the titular character Wu Zetian, The Empress of China is the story of the only woman in Chinese history to rule as an emperor.
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Two young people meet. A fateful encounter - the proverbial love at first sight. He is Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, she is Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and the sister of the woman Franz is to marry…
The story of Dugu Qieluo, formally Empress Wenxian, and her husband Yang Jian who united China under the Sui Dynasty. The husband and wife come to be revered by the people as saints due to their extraordinary contributions to a new golden age.
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Akihito, the Emperor of Japan, abdicated on April 30, 2019. This 3-parts NHK World documentary series chronicles the life of a former "divine child" who became the symbol of the Japanese State when he ascended the throne in 1989.
