Companies: Renn Productions, ARD Degeto, D. A. Films, WMG Film, NEF Filmproduktion, RCS Films, France 2 Cinéma
Paris, Kingdom of France, August 18, 1572. To avoid the outbreak of a religious war, the Catholic princess Marguerite de Valois, sister of the feeble King Charles IX, marries the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre.