Die schöne Wilhelmine

Die schöne Wilhelmine

1984 · 1 season · 4 eps · ★ 5.5 · Drama

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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.

Directed by Rolf von Sydow · Written by Karl Wittlinger

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Anja Kruse Wilhelmine
Rainer Hunold Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Johannes Heesters Marshall Keith
Jean-Claude Brialy Casanova
Beatrice Richter Luise
Silvia Reize Elisabeth
Herbert Stass Friedrich II.
Liesel Christ Landgräfin
Marie Versini Mme. Girard

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