Production Companies: Renn Productions , D. A. Films , WMG Film , NEF Filmproduktion , RCS Films , France 2 Cinéma , ARD Degeto .
Overview: 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.