The film takes place in the early 1770s in Denmark. Danish King Christian VII, who suffers from a serious mental illness, prefers to spend time in the brothels of Copenhagen, thus causing hatred of the young Queen Caroline Mathilde. Soon, in the retinue of the king appears a young German doctor Johann Friedrich Struensee, who was able to positively influence Christian VII, won his trust, and managed to get a number of government posts. Struenze also approached Caroline Mathilde. But the Queen Mother Juliana Maria can not accept this state of affairs...